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- Dictionarywit/wɪt/
noun
- 1. the capacity for inventive thought and quick understanding; keen intelligence: "she does not lack perception or native wit" Similar Opposite
- 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" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of WIT is the ability to relate seemingly disparate things so as to illuminate or amuse. How to use wit in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Wit.
WIT definition: 1. the ability to use words in a clever and humorous way: 2. a person who is skilled at using…. Learn more.
Some common synonyms of wit are humor, irony, repartee, sarcasm, and satire. While all these words mean "a mode of expression intended to arouse amusement," wit suggests the power to evoke laughter by remarks showing verbal felicity or ingenuity and swift perception especially of the incongruous.
noun. the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. speech or writing showing such perception and expression. a person having or noted for such perception and expression. understanding, intelligence, or sagacity.
n. 1. a. The natural ability to perceive and understand; intelligence. b. often wits Practical intelligence; shrewdness or resourcefulness: living by one's wits. c. wits Sound mental faculties; sanity: scared out of my wits. d. Archaic A person of exceptional intelligence. 2. a.
WIT meaning: 1. the ability to use words in a clever and humorous way: 2. a person who is skilled at using…. Learn more.
Wit is brainpower or mental ability, or the person who possesses such ability, especially when it's used humorously.
If you describe someone as a wit, you mean that they have the ability to use words or ideas in an amusing, clever, and imaginative way.
Definition of wit noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Wit Definition. The natural ability to perceive and understand; intelligence. The mind. Powers of thinking and reasoning; intellectual and perceptive powers. Mental faculties with respect to their state of balance, esp. in their normal condition of sanity. Alert, practical intelligence; good sense.
