gibes (Meaning)
gibes
a taunting remark, to utter taunting words, taunt, jeer, to deride or tease with taunting words
Synonyms & Antonyms of gibes
Synonyms:
- torments
- cocks a snook (at)
- pokes fun at
- skewers
- laughs (at)
- makes fun of
- scorns
- teases
- makes sport of
- shoots down
- rags on
- scouts
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- rallies
- belittles
- targets
- pesters
- burlesques
- takes off (on)
- apes
- needles
- baits
- imitates
- caricatures
- bugs
- travesties
- decries
- disparages
- rides
- heckles
- chaffs
- poohs
- lampoons
- jives
- joshes
- kids
- quizzes
- parrots
- rags
- catcalls
- parodies
- hassles
- cocks snooks (at)
- sneers (at)
- pooh-poohs
- bad-mouths
- tweaks
- pillories
- ribs
- twits
- razzes
- satirizes
- mimics
- harasses
- harries
- scoffs (at)
Antonyms:
No weak antonyms found.
gibes Sentence Examples
- The politician's speech did not gibe with his previous statements.
- The suspect's alibi did not gibe with the witness's testimony.
- The budget proposal gibes perfectly with the company's long-term plans.
- The research findings gibe well with the initial hypothesis.
- The CEO's claims gibed with the financial statements.
- The weather forecast gibed with the expected conditions.
- The employee's performance gibe with the expectations of the manager.
- The instructions for assembling the product did not gibe with the actual parts.
- The historical account gibed with the archaeological evidence.
- The salesperson's promise gibed with the product's capabilities.
FAQs About the word gibes
a taunting remark, to utter taunting words, taunt, jeer, to deride or tease with taunting words
jeers, derides,mocks, taunts, ridicules, torments, cocks a snook (at), pokes fun at, skewers,laughs (at)
commends, applauds, sanctions,approves, endorses,indorses,
The politician's speech did not gibe with his previous statements.
The suspect's alibi did not gibe with the witness's testimony.
The budget proposal gibes perfectly with the company's long-term plans.
The research findings gibe well with the initial hypothesis.
