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in jest

  • as intongue-in-cheek
  • as injokingly
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Synonyms for in jest

adj ironic and insincere
  • amusing
  • comic
  • flippant
  • humorous
  • ironic
  • irreverent
  • jocular
  • joking
  • playful
  • sarcastic
  • satirical
  • whimsical
  • jokingly
  • blithe
  • clever
  • comical
  • dry
  • facetious
  • farcical
  • flip
  • funny
  • in fun
  • in jest
  • ironical
  • jesting
  • joshing
  • kiddingly
  • laughable
  • not serious
  • pulling one's leg
  • putting one on
  • smart
  • wisecracking
  • witty

Antonyms for in jest

  • respectful
  • reverent
  • serious
  • unfunny
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

More words related to in jest

jokingly

adverb. humorously
  • facetiously
  • in fun
  • in jest
  • jocularly

tongue-in-cheek

adjective. ironic and insincere
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.