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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality |
| Type of | intelligence |
wit::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | humor, humour, witticism, wittiness |
| Type of | content, message, substance, subject matter |
| Has types | imitation, impersonation, irony, jape, jest, bite, joke, laugh, mot, play, pungency, repartee, ribaldry, jeu d'esprit, bon mot, caricature, cartoon, caustic remark, esprit de l'escalier, fun, gag, satire, sketch, sport, topper, sarcasm |
| Derivation | witty |
Examples of wit
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Comedienne Joan Rivers can easily get attention with her quick, razor-sharp wit.
From the timesunion.com
It can't be beyond the wit of man to extend it to a fully international version.
From the economist.com
What would be the targets of Mark Twain's wit and wisdom if he were alive today?
From the sacbee.com
Yet, if we had the wit to see it, our responsibility is then but just beginning.
From the theatlantic.com
He provides the movie with a wry wit as well as some of its more moving moments.
From the dispatch.com
Carson's deadpan outlook and quick wit endeared him to generations of Americans.
From the cnn.com
Huang's fluent, Oxford-accented English and quick wit have impressed Westerners.
From the time.com
These were Henry Kissinger's boys, drawn together in part by his wit and wisdom.
From the time.com
Her business savvy, wit, and enormous talent have made her a beloved local icon.
From the tennessean.com
- A message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
- Brain: mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"
- Wag: a witty amusing person who makes jokes
- (wits) the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception; "he used his wits to get ahead"; "I was scared out of my wits"; "he still had all his marbles and was in full possession of a lively mind"
- (witty) combining clever conception and facetious expression; "his sermons were unpredictably witty and satirical as well as eloquent"
- Wit is a form of intellectual humour, and a wit is someone skilled in making witty remarks. Forms of wit include the quip and repartee.
- Wit is a 2001 American television movie directed by Mike Nichols. The teleplay by Nichols and Emma Thompson is based on the 1998 Pulitzer Prize winning play of the same title by Margaret Edson.
- Wit (Also spelled with semicolon "W;t") is the first play written by American playwright Margaret Edson. Edson used her work experience in a hospital as part of the inspiration for her play. Wit received its world premiere at South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, California, in 1995. ...
- The English language once had an extensive declension system similar to Latin, modern German or Icelandic. ...
