" ribbers "

1: as in hecklers, tormentors;

•  Synonyms : 

•  baiters,

•  hecklers,

•  needlers,

•  taunters,

•  teasers,

•  teases,

•  tormentors,

•  torturers,

•  defamers,

•  libelers,

•  libelists,

•  traducers,

•  deriders,

•  insulters,

•  mockers,

•  ridiculers,

•  scoffers,

•  scorners,

•  gossipers,

•  gossips,

•  talebearers,

•  tattlers,

•  tattletales,

•  troublemakers,

•  caricaturists,

•  lampooners,

•  parodists,

•  satirists

•  Antonyms : 

•  butts,

•  marks,

•  prey,

•  sitting ducks,

•  targets,

•  victims,

•  laughingstocks,

•  mockeries,

•  pilgarlics,

•  lightning rods

1: to make fun of in a good-natured way;

  * e.g., " ... ribbed him a bit about fumbling such an easy play "

•  Synonyms : 

•  chaff,

•  jive,

•  joke,

•  josh,

•  kid,

•  rally,

•  razz,

•  ride,

•  roast,

•  tease

•  Antonyms : 

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