Word: Wit
How to pronounce: wɪt
Noun
Definitions:
1. Mental sharpness and inventiveness; keen intelligence.
Example sentences: "He does not lack perception or native wit"
2. A natural aptitude for using words and ideas in a quick and inventive way to create humor.
Example sentences: "A player with a sharp tongue and a quick wit"
Intransitive verb
Definitions:
1. Have knowledge.
Example sentences: "I addressed a few words to the lady you wot of"
2. That is to say (used to make clearer or more specific something already said or referred to)
Example sentences: "The textbooks show an irritating parochialism, to wit an almost total exclusion of papers not in English"
Synonyms:
wittiness
acumen
ingenuity
repartee
quickness
sagacity
quick thinking
shrewdness
intellect
intelligence
mentality
brainpower
gumption
sharpness
cleverness
keenness
witticism
nous
funnyman
jokester
joker
sense
wisdom
sanity
reason
prudence
wits
brain
head
humor
humour
wag
Derivations:
witty
witling
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Wit in Other Languages...
Spanish: Ingenio
German: Witz
French: Esprit
Italian: Ingegno
Turkish: Zeka
