kidder
One who teases
A kidder is someone who kids—who jokes, teases, or says things they don't mean seriously.
The term is affectionate rather than critical: He's such a kidder, you never know when he's being serious.
A kidder enjoys gentle mockery but isn't malicious about it.
Someone who plays tricks
- comedianProfessional humor performer
- jokerCutup or wild card
- clownComedic performer in makeup
- wisecrackerSomeone who jokes constantly
quipster · funster · gagster · trickster · buffoon · wit · humorist · jester
Affectionate verbal teasing
- joshingPlayful mocking
- teasingPlayful, mild ridicule
- needlingPersistent mild taunting
- razzingLight mocking banter
roasting · chaffing · taunting · mocking · goading · pulling leg · winding up · having on
prankster
Someone who plays tricks
wisecracker · quipster · funster · gagster · trickster · buffoon · wit · humorist · jester · entertainer
ribbing
Affectionate verbal teasing
razzing · roasting · chaffing · taunting · mocking · goading · pulling leg · winding up · having on · bantering
mischievous
Playfully causing trouble
- impishPlayfully mischievous in manner
- prankishFond of tricks
- frolicsomeInclined to merriment
sportive · whimsical · roguish · jocular · waggish · elfin · antic · caper · lark · skylark
lighthearted
Cheerful and without worry
breezy · cheerful · affable · sunny · jocund · merry · buoyant · carefree · blithe · easygoing
- comedianscomedian, stand-up, comic, stand-up comic, standup comic
kiddersobersides
Habitually serious person
wet blanket · sourpuss · killjoy · stick-in-the-mud · stuffed shirt
- just kiddingRetraction of a jest
- you're kiddingExpression of surprised disbelief
- no kiddingExpression of genuine surprise
- are you kiddingExpression of disbelief
- kidding aroundPlayful, unserious behavior
- you're kidding me