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ˈwɪt iwit·ty

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  1. wittyadjective

    Synonyms:
    quick, humorous, jocose, jocular, facetious

  2. wittyadjective

    Wise, having good judgement.

    Synonyms:
    quick, jocular, humorous, facetious, jocose

  3. wittyadjective

    Possessing a strong intellect or intellectual capacity; intelligent, skilful, ingenious.

    Synonyms:
    humorous, facetious, quick, jocose, jocular

  4. wittyadjective

    Clever; amusingly ingenious.

    His speech was both witty and informative.

    Synonyms:
    jocular, humorous, facetious, jocose, quick

  5. wittyadjective

    Full of wit.

    His frequent quips mark him as particularly witty.

    Synonyms:
    humorous, facetious, quick, jocose, jocular

  6. wittyadjective

    quick of mind; insightful; in possession of wits

    She may have grown older, but she has grown no less witty.

    Synonyms:
    quick, jocular, humorous, jocose, facetious

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 1 vote

  1. witty

    Synonyms:
    jocose, humorous, facetious, acute

    Antonyms:
    stupid, sober, dull, stolid

Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 1 vote

  1. wittyadjective

    combining clever conception and facetious expression

    "his sermons were unpredictably witty and satirical as well as eloquent"

    Antonyms:
    humourless, humorless, unhumorous

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. witty

    Synonyms:
    a. facetious, humorous, jocular, jocose, waggish, droll, funny, pleasant

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  1. wittyadjective

    Synonyms:
    facetious, droll, sharp

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  1. List of paraphrases for "witty":

    spiritual

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#3706spiritual
#5690acute
#14358humorous
#18968witty
#99532facetious
#168736jocular
#331166jocose

How to use witty in a sentence?

  1. Richard Brinsley Sheridan:

    There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature -- the malice of a good thing is the barb that makes it stick.

  2. Aristotle:

    Melancholy men are of all others the most witty.

  3. Madame de Sevigne:

    I fear nothing so much as a man who is witty all day long.

  4. Langston Hughes:

    No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone, any more that she can be witty by only the help of speech.

  5. Emma Thompson, Vanity Fair:

    I was brought up by very witty people who were dealing with quite difficult things - disease and death... I was brought up by people who tended to giggle at funerals.


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