WIT


Meaning of WIT in English

n.

Function: noun

1

Synonyms: MIND 1, brain, gray matter, head, ||upper story, ||upperworks

Related Words: perspicacity, sagacity; apprehension, awareness, comprehension

2

often

wits plural mental soundness and health FF1C; frightened nearly out of her wits FF1E;

Synonyms: lucidity, ||marbles, mind, reason, saneness, sanity, sense(s), soundnesss

Related Words: balance, rationality

Contrasted Words: aberration; craziness, derangement, insanity, lunacy, madness, mania

Antonyms: witlessness

3 acuteness of perception or judgment FF1C; had the wit to know that he was out of his depth in such a discussion FF1E;

Synonyms: acumen, astucity, astuteness, clear-sightedness, discernment, discrimination, keenness, penetration, percipience, perspicacity, shrewdness; compare PRUDENCE 1

Related Words: awareness, comprehension, grasp, insight, perception, understanding; prudence, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, sapience, wisdom; clairvoyance, divination, ESP, sensing

Contrasted Words: aridity, dullness, prosaicness, unimaginativeness; fatuity, foolishness, inanity, silliness, stupidity

4

Synonyms: INTELLIGENCE 1, brain(s), brainpower, mentality, mother wit, sense

5 a talent for banter or persiflage FF1C; a jolly man, noted for his kindly wit FF1E;

Synonyms: esprit, humor

Related Words: alertness, keenness, quick-wittedness; brilliance, cleverness, intelligence, smartness

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Synonyms: HUMOR 5

7

Synonyms: HUMORIST 2, comedian, comic, droll, funnyman, jester, joker, jokester, quipster, wag

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