no kidding

interjection

An exclamation of amazement.

“Person B: Yeah. No kidding! They lost their sixth consecutive game.”

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reallyno shitnevernono waywowis that soduh
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Meanings

interjection
  1. colloquialAn exclamation of amazement.

    Synonyms: really, no shit, never, no, no way, wow, is that so

  2. colloquialsarcasticSaid in response to an obvious statement.

    Person B: Yeah. No kidding! They lost their sixth consecutive game.

    1 more example

    Person A: The Cleveland Browns are not doing too awful well this year.

    Synonyms: duh, really, no shit, oh really, no really, you don't say, seriously

Synonyms & antonyms

interjectionAn exclamation of amazement.

Similar
reallyno shitnevernono waywowis that so

interjectionSaid in response to an obvious statement.

Similar
duhreallyno shitoh reallyno reallyyou don't sayseriously
Also see
doyduhis that sono duhno reallyno shitno wayoh reallyreallyseriouslyyou don't say

Translations

Catalan no és broma
  • no és bromaresponse to obvious statement
Chinese Cantonese 講真？！ /讲真？！
  • 講真？！ /讲真？！ (gong² zan¹?!)exclamation of amazement
Chinese Mandarin 當真？！ /当真？！, 不會吧 /不会吧
  • 當真？！ /当真？！ (dàngzhēn?!)exclamation of amazement
  • 不會吧 /不会吧 (bùhuìba)exclamation of amazement
  • 可不是嘛 (kě bùshì ma)response to obvious statement
Finnish ihanko totta, ei kai
  • ihanko tottaexclamation of amazement
  • ei kaiexclamation of amazement
  • ihanko tottaresponse to obvious statement
  • ei kairesponse to obvious statement
French sans blague, sans dec
  • sans blagueexclamation of amazement
  • sans decexclamation of amazement
  • la vacheexclamation of amazement
  • sans blagueresponse to obvious statement
  • sans decresponse to obvious statement
German kein Quatsch, im Ernst
  • kein Quatschexclamation of amazement
  • im Ernstexclamation of amazement
  • echtexclamation of amazement
  • ach wasresponse to obvious statement
  • was du nicht sagstresponse to obvious statement
Italian sul serio, seriamente
  • sul serioexclamation of amazement
  • seriamenteexclamation of amazement
  • scherzi a parteexclamation of amazement
  • ma daiexclamation of amazement
  • non dirmiexclamation of amazement
  • eh siresponse to obvious statement
  • eh giàresponse to obvious statement
  • proprio cosìresponse to obvious statement
Polish bez kitu, bez jaj
  • bez kituexclamation of amazement
  • bez jajexclamation of amazement
  • co ty nie powieszresponse to obvious statement
  • nie gadajresponse to obvious statement
Portuguese não brinca, não digas-me
  • não brincaexclamation of amazement
  • não digas-meresponse to obvious statement
  • não me digasresponse to obvious statement
  • não diga-meresponse to obvious statement
  • não me digaresponse to obvious statement
  • sem brincadeiraresponse to obvious statement
Russian неуже́ли?
  • неуже́ли? (neužéli?)exclamation of amazement
Spanish no es broma
  • no es bromaresponse to obvious statement
Swedish se där, jaha
  • se därexclamation of amazement
  • jahaexclamation of amazement
  • jasåexclamation of amazement
Cite this entry
APA

no kidding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20kidding

MLA

“no kidding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20kidding. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “no kidding,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20kidding.

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