WIT Synonyms
There are 11 hypernyms of the word wit. (close relations)
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acumen | nounn | |||||||
noun • a tapering point • shrewdness shown by keen insight | ||||||||
astuteness | nounn | |||||||
noun • intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) • the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas | ||||||||
brilliance | nounn | |||||||
noun • a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted • the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand • unusual mental ability | ||||||||
cleverness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the power of creative imagination • intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty • the property of being ingenious | ||||||||
intelligence | nounn | |||||||
noun • the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience • a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy • secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy) • information about recent and important events • the operation of gathering information about an enemy | ||||||||
quickness | nounn | |||||||
noun • skillful performance or ability without difficulty • intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay • a rate that is rapid | ||||||||
sagacity | nounn | |||||||
noun • the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations • the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating | ||||||||
sharpness | nounn | |||||||
noun • a quick and penetrating intelligence • the attribute of urgency in tone of voice • a strong odor or taste property • the quality of being keenly and painfully felt • thinness of edge or fineness of point • the quality of being sharp and clear • harshness of manner | ||||||||
shrewdness | nounn | |||||||
noun • intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) | ||||||||
brain | nounn | |||||||
noun • that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord • mental ability • that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason • someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality • the brain of certain animals used as meat verb • hit on the head • kill by smashing someone's skull | ||||||||
brainpower | nounn | |||||||
noun • mental ability | ||||||||
card | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes • a card certifying the identity of the bearer • a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures) • thin cardboard, usually rectangular • a witty amusing person who makes jokes • a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement • a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited • (golf) a record of scores (as in golf) • a list of dishes available at a restaurant • (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat • a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities verb • separate the fibers of • ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor | ||||||||
humor | nounn | |||||||
noun • a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter • the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous • a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling • the quality of being funny • (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state • the liquid parts of the body verb • put into a good mood | ||||||||
humour | nounn | |||||||
noun • a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling • a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter • (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state • the liquid parts of the body • the quality of being funny • the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous verb • put into a good mood | ||||||||
mentality | nounn | |||||||
noun • a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations • mental ability | ||||||||
wag | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a witty amusing person who makes jokes • causing to move repeatedly from side to side verb • move from side to side | ||||||||
witticism | nounn | |||||||
noun • a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter | ||||||||
wittiness | nounn | |||||||
noun • a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter • The quality of being clever, amusingly ingenious. | ||||||||
learning ability | nounn | |||||||
noun • mental ability | ||||||||
mental capacity | nounn | |||||||
noun • mental ability |