Synonyms for joking
jok·ing

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1. jesting, jocose, jocular, jokingadjective

   characterized by jokes and good humor

   Synonyms:
   jesting, jocose, jocular

   Antonyms:
   humourless, unhumorous, humorless

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1. kidding, teasing, joshing, messing around, messing with you, playing

   Submitted by ryan_1 on December 14, 2020  

2. just kidding ew

   Submitted by rinat on August 14, 2019  

3. pulling your leg

   Submitted by ryan_1 on December 14, 2020  

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1. jokingnoun

   Synonyms:
   jesting, rallying, banter, persiflage, jocularity, waggishness

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1. List of paraphrases for "joking":

   kidding, joke

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1. Joe Biden:

   I'm not joking about this. Imagine being a parent looking at a child, and you can't afford -- you have no house to borrow against, you have no savings. It's wrong. But all the things in that bill are going to reduce prices and costs for middle class and working class people. It's going to reduce their costs.

2. Alec Sulkin:

   If you look at a show from 2005 or 2006 and put it side by side with a show from 2018 or 2019, they're going to have a few differences, some of the things we felt comfortable saying and joking about back then, we now understand is not acceptable.

3. Panayiotis Stefos:

   Joking aside, ancient CDs have never been found.

4. President Biden:

   We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis, [Russian leader Vladimir Putin] is not joking when he talks about potential use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological and chemical weapons because his military is, you might say, significantly underperforming.

5. Jon Burns:

   Within a couple days, they're just part of a team. And it's a tight team. There's a lot of fun, a lot of joking, and guys become friends for life.