banter

Definition of banter

Nouns

light teasing repartee
Synonyms:
backchat, give-and-take, raillery
Types:
badinage
frivolous banter
persiflage
light teasing
Type of:
repartee
adroitness and cleverness in reply

Verbs

be silly or tease one another
Synonyms:
chaff, jolly, josh, kid
Type of:
bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit
harass with persistent criticism or carping

Vocabulary Lists for banter

F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" Chapters 1-5 »(307 words)
Vocabulary study list for F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The...
  • domesticate
  • tantalize
  • amputate
  • exhilarate
  • responsiveness

Pride & Predjudice »(30 words)
  • fulsome
  • copious
  • quixotic
  • prognosticate
  • auspicate

Edith Warton's Ethan Frome »(2499 words)
Vocabulary study list from Edith Warton's "Ethan Frome"
  • Hale
  • German ivy
  • matt
  • sleigh
  • flats

B-list »(154 words)
  • bar
  • blunder
  • bristly
  • baronial
  • bore

Great Gatsby: Chapters One and Two »(15 words)
Juniors: Fourth Block
  • confer
  • perpetual
  • colossal
  • supercilious
  • pungent

Zadie Smith - "On Beauty" »(17 words)
  • banter
  • bantering
  • fastidious
  • facetious
  • frowzled

feelings »(5461 words)
open
  • happy
  • alive
  • good
  • understanding
  • great

Clint Easwood - The New Yorker March 2010 (1) »(1536 words)
  • crapper
  • convolute
  • self-reproof
  • cowhand
  • patness

sergio study »(1261 words)
  • falsehood
  • dissemble
  • profligate
  • abate
  • abdicate

Words that contain banter

bantering
 banteringly