Antonyms for banter
ˈbæn tərban·ter

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. banter

   Banter is the touching upon some fault, weakness, or fancied secret of another in a way half to pique and half to please; badinage is delicate, refined banter. Raillery has more sharpness, but is usually good-humored and well meant. Irony, the saying one thing that the reverse may be understood, may be either mild or bitter. All the other words have a hostile intent. Ridicule makes a person or thing the subject of contemptuous merriment; derision seeks to make the object derided seem utterly despicable — to laugh it to scorn. Chaff is the coarse witticism of the streets, perhaps merry, oftener malicious; jeering is loud, rude ridicule, as of a hostile crowd or mob. Mockery is more studied, and may include mimicry and personal violence, as well as scornful speech. A satire is a formal composition; a sarcasm may be an impromptu sentence. The satire shows up follies to keep people from them; the sarcasm hits them because they are foolish, without inquiring whether it will do good or harm; the satire is plainly uttered; the sarcasm is covert.

   Synonyms:
   badinage, chaff, derision, irony, jeering, mockery, raillery, ridicule, sarcasm, satire

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1. banter

   Antonyms:
   discussion, discourse, argument

   Synonyms:
   badinage, chaff, mockery, derision, ridicule, irony, jeering, raillery

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.0 / 5 votes

1. banter, raillery, give-and-take, backchatverb

   light teasing repartee

   Synonyms:
   raillery, reciprocation, backchat, discussion, word, give-and-take, interchange

2. kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banterverb

   be silly or tease one another

   "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"

   Synonyms:
   jolly, pull the leg of, chaff, josh, kid

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1. banternoun

   Synonyms:
   joking, jesting, pleasantry, badinage, chaff, raillery, persiflage, asteism

2. banterverb

   Synonyms:
   jest, chaff, rally, roast

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. kind

   opposite to banter.

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

How to use banter in a sentence?

1. Piara Powar:

   There's a strand of male culture you see in the UK, and to some extent other Anglo Saxon societies, prevalent among 20, 30 and even 40-year-olds, which is : you go abroad, you drink a fair amount, you sing songs and engage in banter, and pick on someone who is different to you, there's this pervasive sexism and racism. The idea that' anyone who isn't like us, we're going to sing about them and insult them and it's part of the lad's day out.'.

2. Ash Barty:

   I've played Ons before. Played doubles with her. She's a great person as well. I enjoy giving her a little bit of stick every single day when I see her. She gives it back, which I love. It's great banter, it's really nice to see her starting to play big matches, get herself deeper in tournaments. She has the ability, she has the brain on the tennis court... (she is) someone who brings a smile on my face whenever I see her.

3. John Key:

   There's always lots of horsing around and sort of practical jokes and that's all there really was to it, ...I realized she had actually taken offence because it was all in the context of a bit of banter that was going on and so I obviously immediately apologized for that.

4. Andy Sorkin:

   The director, very close to the start of photography, decided that we were missing a sex scene between Alec Baldwin and Nicole Kidman, i went back to the hotel and I wrote like four pages of banter that ended with them falling into bed and Nicole Kidman and Alec Baldwin cut to the next day.

5. Angela Merkel:

   Too often, the lines of freedom of speech are very deliberately being tested, and taboos are carelessly being breached and used as a political instrument, it's not banter, rather it's playing with fire. Because whoever sows violence with words, risks reaping violence.

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