banter

banter is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To address playful good-natured ridicule to, -- the person addressed, or something pertaining to him, being the subject of the jesting; to rally; as, he bantered me about my credulity. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To address playful good-natured ridicule to, -- the person addressed, or something pertaining to him, being the subject of the jesting; to rally; as, he bantered me about my credulity.
2. transitive verb. To jest about; to ridicule in speaking of, as some trait, habit, characteristic, and the like.
3. transitive verb. To delude or trick, -- esp. by way of jest.
4. transitive verb. To challenge or defy to a match.
5. noun. The act of bantering; joking or jesting; humorous or good-humored raillery; pleasantry.
6. noun. light teasing repartee

   Synonyms: backchat, raillery

7. verb. be silly or tease one another

   "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"

   Synonyms: chaff, jolly, josh, kid

Synonyms

backchat, raillery, chaff, jolly, josh, kid

Common word forms

banters, bantered, banterer, bantering

Words from these letters

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