banter

Other forms of banter

plural

banters·

past tense

banterred·

present participle

banterring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about banter

What does banter mean?

banter means "light teasing repartee". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in banter?

banter has 2 syllables: ban-ter. The stress falls on "ban". In IPA it is /ˈbæntɚ/.

What is another word for banter?

Close synonyms include raillery, give-and-take, backchat, kid, chaff. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is banter a common word?

banter is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.