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Synonyms for wit
wɪtwit
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
wit
Wit is the quick perception of unusual or commonly unperceived analogies or relations between things apparently unrelated, and has been said to depend upon a union of surprise and pleasure; it depends certainly on the production of a diverting, entertaining, or merrymaking surprise. The analogies with which wit plays are often superficial or artificial; humor deals with real analogies of an amusing or entertaining kind, or with traits of character that are seen to have a comical side as soon as brought to view. Wit is keen, sudden, brief, and sometimes severe; humor is deep, thoughtful, sustained, and always kindly. Pleasantry is lighter and less vivid than wit. Fun denotes the merry results produced by wit and humor, or by any fortuitous occasion of mirth, and is pronounced and often hilarious.
Synonyms:
banter, burlesque, drollery, facetiousness, fun, humor, jest, jocularity, joke, playfulness, pleasantry, raillery, waggery, waggishness, witticismAntonyms:
dulness, gravity, seriousness, sobriety, solemnity, stolidity, stupidity
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
wit
Synonyms:
mind, intellect, sense, reason, understanding, humor, ingenuity, imaginationAntonyms:
mindlessness, senselessness, irrationality, dulness, stolidity, stupidity, inanity, doltishness, wash, vapidity, platitude, commonplace
Princeton's WordNet
wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittinessnoun
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
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liquid body substance, temper, sense of humour, brain, learning ability, mental capacity, mood, brainpower, humor, wittiness, body fluid, mentality, sense of humor, witticism, humour, bodily fluid, card, wagbrain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, witnoun
mental ability
"he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"
Synonyms:
wag, mindset, card, brainiac, mind-set, encephalon, learning ability, mental capacity, witticism, genius, brainpower, mastermind, outlook, humor, mind, wittiness, mentality, psyche, nous, humour, brain, headwag, wit, cardnoun
a witty amusing person who makes jokes
Synonyms:
calling card, mental capacity, humor, shake, brainpower, bill of fare, posting, board, wittiness, poster, identity card, notice, mentality, scorecard, brain, carte, menu, carte du jour, add-in, bill, plug-in, card, lineup, waggle, learning ability, batting order, circuit board, visiting card, witticism, wag, placard, humour, circuit card
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
witnoun
Synonyms:
intellect, understanding, mind, sense, reason, genius, mental power, intellectual faculties, thinking principlewitnoun
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quick perception (as of partial resemblance in things mostly unlike), keen discernmentwitnoun
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facetiousness, humor, fun, drollery, waggery, waggishness, jocularity, ATTIC SALTwitnoun
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
witnoun
Synonyms:
sense, understanding, repartee, drollery, facetiousness, jocularity, waggishness, wag, humorist
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WIT
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
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| #345 | board | |
| #348 | white | |
| #414 | card | |
| #689 | notice | |
| #692 | head | |
| #731 | fun | |
| #813 | bill | |
| #1074 | mind | |
| #1081 | menu | |
| #1246 | reason | |
| #1568 | sense | |
| #1670 | understanding | |
| #1952 | poster | |
| #2181 | spirit | |
| #2386 | brain | |
| #2781 | posting | |
| #3753 | outlook | |
| #3971 | humor | |
| #5454 | mood | |
| #6675 | joke | |
| #7999 | imagination | |
| #8150 | shake | |
| #8200 | genius | |
| #9873 | wit | |
| #10304 | humour | |
| #13766 | lineup | |
| #14622 | carte | |
| #16315 | nous | |
| #17219 | scorecard | |
| #19073 | intellect | |
| #19215 | temper | |
| #20270 | mentality | |
| #23761 | witt | |
| #23788 | mindset | |
| #24046 | psyche | |
| #28571 | jest | |
| #28641 | ingenuity | |
| #29153 | banter | |
| #30415 | waite | |
| #32640 | mastermind | |
| #34194 | wag | |
| #47210 | burlesque | |
| #51147 | tmi | |
| #57744 | placard | |
| #61702 | imr | |
| #77303 | brainiac | |
| #79818 | playfulness | |
| #96820 | brainpower | |
| #170757 | waggle | |
| #233386 | jocularity | |
| #234247 | witticism | |
| #244888 | pleasantry | |
| #273287 | drollery | |
| #281652 | raillery |
How to use wit in a sentence?
The wit makes fun of other persons the satirist makes fun of the world the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people--that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.
Ahhh. A man with a sharp wit. Someone ought to take it away from him before he cuts himself.
Gordon Smith and Daniel Pinto has built up an incredible bench strength beneath Gordon Smith and Daniel Pinto continually, gordon Smith has the Jamie Dimon gift of clarity and wit. They are in fantastic hands in terms of next generational cohort.
The wit makes fun of other persons the satirist makes fun of the world the humorist makes fun of himself.
Our darling mother Marie Harmon was a fantastic comedic actress! She never shared her movies with us kids. Had I known the great stock I came from I would have taken myself seriously as an actor, though she gave up the glitz to have us kids she never lost the glamour. A true star to the end and we will miss her beauty and wit every single day.
Translations for wit
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- خفة دمArabic
- enteniment, ment, divertitCatalan, Valencian
- důvtip, rozum, vtip, humorCzech
- Witz, WitzboldGerman
- chiste, agudeza, gracia, divertido, intelectualidad, ingenio, cordura, inteligencia, mordacidad, intelecto, imaginativo, humor, mentalidadSpanish
- nokkeluus, sukkeluus, sutkausFinnish
- petit malin, esprit, mot d'espritFrench
- խելքArmenian
- arguzia, senno, senso umoristico, spirito, motto di spirito, ingegno vivace, genioItalian
- verstandDutch
- vidd, forstand, vett, intellektNorwegian
- dowcipPolish
- agudeza, agudezPortuguese
- schepsisRomanian
- знать, остроу́мие, ра́зум, остря́к, ве́дать, умRussian
- புத்திசாலித்தனம்Tamil
- nükteTurkish
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