Wit

Meaning of Wit

noun
  1. 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
  2. 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
  1. have knowledge.
    I addressed a few words to the lady you wot of
  2. 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’.

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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:

humor, witticism, wittiness

Meaning brain:

brain, brainpower, mentality

Meaning wag:

wag, card

Meaning the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills:

intelligence

Meaning the quality of having or showing good powers of judgement:

shrewdness

Meaning the quality of being clever; intelligence or shrewdness:

cleverness

Meaning sharpness or keenness of thought, vision, or hearing:

acuity

Meaning the quality or state of being sharp:

sharpness

Meaning a sane and realistic attitude to situations and problems:

sense

Meaning the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgement; the quality of being wise:

wisdom

Meaning the quality of being sagacious:

sagacity

Meaning the ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions:

judgement

Meaning the power of abstract thought; intellect:

understanding

Meaning the ability to make good judgements and take quick decisions:

acumen

Meaning the ability to judge well:

discernment

Meaning intuitive understanding and insight:

perception

Meaning the capacity to gain an accurate and deep understanding of someone or something:

insight

Meaning the quality of having sensitive insight or understanding; perceptiveness:

percipience

Meaning the quality of having a ready insight into things; shrewdness:

perspicacity

Meaning intellectual capacity:

brains

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:

mind

Meaning common sense; practical intelligence:

nous

Meaning shrewd or spirited initiative and resourcefulness:

gumption

Meaning a piece of open land for public use:

common

Meaning shrewdness and practical knowledge; the ability to make good judgements:

savvy

Meaning sharp stinging pain:

smarts

Meaning the quality of being amusing or comic, especially as expressed in literature or speech:

humour

Meaning conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty comments or replies:

repartee

Meaning humorous or witty conversation:

badinage

Meaning the playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks:

banter

Meaning the witty exploitation of the meanings and ambiguities of words, especially in puns:

wordplay

Meaning good-humoured teasing:

raillery

Meaning a thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, especially a story with a funny punchline:

jokes

Meaning a witty remark:

witticisms, quips

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:

puns

Wit antonyms

Meaning behaviour that shows a lack of good sense or judgement:

stupidity

Anagrams of Wit

Tiw, Twi, twi

Words that rhyme with Wit

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