wit
Meaning of wit
noun
- the capacity for inventive thought and quick understanding; keen intelligence.
she does not lack perception or native wit
he needed all his wits to figure out the way back
- a natural aptitude for using words and ideas in a quick and inventive way to create humour.
his caustic wit cuts through the humbug
Old English wit(t), gewit(t), denoting the mind as the seat of consciousness, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch weet and German Witz, also to wit2.
verb- have knowledge.
I addressed a few words to the lady you wot of
- that is to say (used to be more specific about something already referred to).
the textbooks show an irritating parochialism, to wit an almost total exclusion of papers not in English
Old English witan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch weten and German wissen, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit veda ‘knowledge’ and Latin videre ‘see’.
Information about wit
- The plural form of wit is: wits.
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Hyphenation of wit
wit
- It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
- wit is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
wit synonyms
Meaning humor:
Meaning brain:
Meaning wag:
Meaning the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills:
Meaning the quality of having or showing good powers of judgement:
Meaning the quality of being clever; intelligence or shrewdness:
Meaning sharpness or keenness of thought, vision, or hearing:
Meaning the quality or state of being sharp:
Meaning a sane and realistic attitude to situations and problems:
Meaning the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgement; the quality of being wise:
Meaning the quality of being sagacious:
Meaning the ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions:
Meaning the power of abstract thought; intellect:
Meaning the ability to make good judgements and take quick decisions:
Meaning the ability to judge well:
Meaning intuitive understanding and insight:
Meaning the capacity to gain an accurate and deep understanding of someone or something:
Meaning the quality of having sensitive insight or understanding; perceptiveness:
Meaning the quality of having a ready insight into things; shrewdness:
Meaning intellectual capacity:
Meaning the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel; the faculty of consciousness and thought:
Meaning common sense; practical intelligence:
Meaning shrewd or spirited initiative and resourcefulness:
Meaning a piece of open land for public use:
Meaning shrewdness and practical knowledge; the ability to make good judgements:
Meaning sharp stinging pain:
Meaning the quality of being amusing or comic, especially as expressed in literature or speech:
Meaning conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty comments or replies:
Meaning humorous or witty conversation:
Meaning the playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks:
Meaning the witty exploitation of the meanings and ambiguities of words, especially in puns:
Meaning good-humoured teasing:
Meaning a thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, especially a story with a funny punchline:
Meaning a witty remark:
Meaning a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings:
wit antonyms
Meaning behaviour that shows a lack of good sense or judgement:
Translation of wit
- German: Verstand, Vernunft
- Spanish: mente
- French: raison
- Italian: intelletto, ragione
- Portuguese: mente, intelecto
Anagrams of wit
Words that rhyme with wit
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