kidders
People who jest
Kidders are people who kid – that is, who tease, joke around, or speak in a playfully deceptive way.
The word usually carries an affectionate tone, suggesting someone whose humor is lighthearted rather than mean-spirited.
Don't take him seriously – he's just one of those kidders who can't resist a joke.
Clowns or wild cards
- prankstersThose who play jokes
- teasersPromotional glimpses meant to entice
- leg-pullersThose who tease jokingly
- mockersThose who taunt
needlers · banterers · razzing · jesting · joshing · goading · taunting · roasting
People who jest
- jestersProfessional court fools
- wagsSways or quipsters
- witsMental quickness and resourcefulness
- comediansPerformers who provoke laughter
humorists · quipsters · clowns · buffoons · funsters · entertainers · merrymakers · cutups
Those who deceive deliberately
- trickstersThose who mislead deliberately
- fraudstersPeople who deceive for gain
- con artistsPeople who cheat others
- deceiversThose who mislead intentionally
bluffers · fibbers · fakers · charlatans · swindlers · hustlers · scammers · flimflammers
jokers
Clowns or wild cards
- prankstersThose who play jokes
- teasersPromotional glimpses meant to entice
- leg-pullersThose who tease jokingly
mockers · needlers · banterers · razzing · jesting · joshing · goading · taunting · roasting · pulling your leg
jokesters
People who jest
comedians · humorists · quipsters · clowns · buffoons · funsters · entertainers · merrymakers · cutups · wisecrackers
hoaxers
Those who deceive deliberately
- trickstersThose who mislead deliberately
- fraudstersPeople who deceive for gain
- con artistsPeople who cheat others
deceivers · bluffers · fibbers · fakers · charlatans · swindlers · hustlers · scammers · flimflammers · grifters
kiddersstraight shooters
Forthright, honest individuals
truth-tellers · straight talkers · honest brokers · literalists · sobersides
kidderssourpusses
Habitually bad-tempered people
killjoys · wet blankets · party poopers · spoilsports · grouches
- kidded aroundJoked playfully with others