Synonyms for Pulling one's leg:

• adj.

  •facetious (adjective)
  • flip,
  • satirical,
  • merry,
  • flippant,
  • jocose,
  • indecorous,
  • ridiculous,
  • jesting,
  • comical,
  • whimsical,
  • blithe,
  • funny,
  • humorous,
  • Capering,
  • frivolous,
  • jocular,
  • gay,
  • pleasant,
  • clever,
  • sprightly,
  • comic,
  • smart,
  • waggish,
  • sarcastic,
  • amusing,
  • dry,
  • fanciful,
  • joshing,
  • droll.
  •tongue-in-cheek (adjective)
  • jokingly,
  • in fun,
  • in jest,
  • kiddingly,
  • ironical,
  • tongue in cheek.

• v.

  •cheat (verb)
  • take in,
  • con,
  • take for a ride,
  • DO,
  • take,
  • pull one's leg.
  •dupe (verb)
  • overreach,
  • hornswoggle,
  • outwit,
  • baffle,
  • dust,
  • kid,
  • gull,
  • hoax,
  • pull something,
  • chicane,
  • betray,
  • catch,
  • circumvent,
  • cheat,
  • spoof.
  •extort (verb)
  • get,
  • shake down,
  • demand.
  •joke (verb)
  • kid around,
  • play the clown.
  •ridicule (verb)
  • travesty,
  • make a laughing-stock,
  • lampoon,
  • rally,
  • make fun of,
  • cartoon,
  • make a fool of,
  • unmask,
  • satirize,
  • rail at,
  • caricature,
  • parody,
  • RAZ,
  • put down,
  • scorn,
  • pooh-pooh,
  • show up,
  • takeoff,
  • humiliate,
  • gibe,
  • twit,
  • haze,
  • poke fun at,
  • mimic,
  • send up,
  • pan,
  • run down,
  • sneer,
  • quiz,
  • jeer,
  • laugh at,
  • make a game of,
  • deflate,
  • expose,
  • scoff,
  • Fleer,
  • ride.
  •satirize (verb)
  • caricaturize.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • tongue-in-cheek.

Antonyms for Pulling one's leg:

• adj.

  • facetious
    serious, formal, unfunny, grave.
  • tongue-in-cheek
    respectful, reverent.

• v.

  • cheat
    fail, help, aid, be honest, offer, give, assist, lose, protect.
  • dupe
    support, be serious.
  • extort
    let go, unfasten, surrender, loosen, forfeit, yield.
  • joke
    flatter, praise, compliment.
  • ridicule
    approve.
  • twit
    commend, admire, laud, build up.