Synonyms for tongue-in-cheek
tongue-in-cheek

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1. bantering, facetious, tongue-in-cheekadverb

   cleverly amusing in tone

   "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice"

   Synonyms:
   facetious, bantering

   Antonyms:
   unhumorous, humourless, humorless

2. banteringly, tongue-in-cheekadverb

   in a bantering fashion

   "he spoke to her banteringly"

   Synonyms:
   banteringly, jokingly, facetiously

   Antonyms:
   humorless, unhumorous, humourless

3. facetiously, jokingly, tongue-in-cheekadverb

   not seriously

   "I meant it facetiously"

   Synonyms:
   banteringly, jestingly, jokingly, facetiously

   Antonyms:
   humorless, unhumorous, humourless

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How to use tongue-in-cheek in a sentence?

1. Mark Boughton:

   The kids take it tongue in cheek. They understand, because it's sort of a tradition around here, we go back and forth. But it's all in good fun.

2. Andy Duncan:

   The eccentricity I value is essentially benign, a harmless individualism that reflects a unique, cockeyed view of the world, and spices up what otherwise might be a mundane menu, these eccentrics tend to be self-aware and tongue in cheek. They're winking at us. Some eccentrics, moreover, are just visionaries ahead of their time, like the early advocates of such eccentric notions as animal welfare.

3. Galia Slayen:

   It's tongue in cheek, there were obviously no crickets on the debate stage.

4. Carly Fiorina:

   Let's just say if the biggest mistake I make is a tongue-in-cheek tweet about a Rose Bowl, the American people will sleep safely when I am president of the United States.

5. Sharra Vostral:

   Some of the reports from the physician came back, tongue-in-cheek, saying this was the most interesting group of women he'd ever encountered because they weren't having their periods.