All raillery synonyms

noun raillery

• bon mot — A bon mot is a clever, witty remark.
• banter — Banter is teasing or joking talk that is amusing and friendly.
• asteism — use of creative, courteous, and well-mannered sarcasm or ridicule
• haha — sunk fence.
• bantering — teasing or facetious, or characterized by facetiousness
• wit — the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. Synonyms: drollery, facetiousness, waggishness, repartee.
• ludicrousness — The state or quality of being ludicrous.
• joshing — good-natured banter.
• fencing — a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
• high spirits — lively or boisterous mood
• jollification — jolly merrymaking; jolly festivity.
• kidding — Informal. a child or young person.
• zaniness — ludicrously or whimsically comical; clownish.
• foolery — foolish action or conduct.
• chestnut — A chestnut or chestnut tree is a tall tree with broad leaves.
• drollery — something whimsically amusing or funny.
• causticness — The state or quality of being caustic.
• joke — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
• humor — hacker humour
• derision — If you treat someone or something with derision, you express contempt for them.
• mock heroic — imitating or burlesquing that which is heroic, as in manner, character, or action: mock-heroic dignity.
• chaffing — good-natured ridicule or teasing; raillery.
• mummery — the performance of mummers.
• whimsicality — Also, whimsicalness. whimsical quality or character.
• buffoonery — Buffoonery is foolish behaviour that makes you laugh.
• mock-heroic — imitating or burlesquing that which is heroic, as in manner, character, or action: mock-heroic dignity.
• mordacity — biting or given to biting.
• lampoonery — a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
• mordancy — the quality of being mordant; sharpness.
• jocosity — the state or quality of being jocose.
• waggery — the action, spirit, or language of a wag; roguish or droll humor: the waggery of Shakespeare's clowns.
• joking — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
• irony — the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
• wordplay — clever or subtle repartee; verbal wit.
• facetiousness — (uncountable) The state of being facetious.
• badinage — Badinage is humorous or light-hearted conversation that often involves teasing someone.
• jive — swing music or early jazz.
• dissing — to show disrespect for; affront.
• wittiness — possessing wit in speech or writing; amusingly clever in perception and expression: a witty writer.
• brickbat — Brickbats are very critical or insulting remarks which are made in public about someone or something.