Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb jest

2 senses of jest

Sense 1
joke, jest -- (tell a joke; speak humorously; "He often jokes even when he appears serious")
       => communicate, intercommunicate -- (transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist")
          Phrasal Verb-> jest at#1

Sense 2
joke, jest -- (act in a funny or teasing way)
       => act, behave, do -- (behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people")

Antonyms of adj jesting

1 sense of jesting

Sense 1
jesting, jocose, jocular, joking -- (characterized by jokes and good humor)

INDIRECT (VIA humorous) -> humorless, humourless, unhumorous -- (lacking humor; "it was a humorless wink; a wink of warning"- Truman Capote)

Similarity of adj jesting

1 sense of jesting

Sense 1
jesting, jocose, jocular, joking -- (characterized by jokes and good humor)
       => humorous (vs. humorless), humourous -- (full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein")