Synonyms for badinage
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
Playful raillery; banter.
Forms
- Plural
- badinages → chaffs, pleasantries, persiflages, railleries…
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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.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- banter Good banter really elevates a homoerotic swordfight.
- chaff It is difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| badinage | steady | |
| banter | rising | |
| chaff | steady | |
| pleasantry | rising | |
| persiflage | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- chaff1
- 6 letters
- banter2
- 8 letters
- raillery
- 10 letters
- pleasantry3, persiflage
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (banter2 = 2 syllables).