Another word for wit
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Noun
The faculty of thinking, reasoning, and acquiring and applying knowledge
Skill in perceiving, discriminating, or judging
- The property of being sage.
- The quality of being discerning, sound in judgment, and farsighted; wisdom.
- Acuteness of perception, discernment, or understanding.
- The faculty, act or power of perceiving; perception.
- perception
- The state or condition of being highly perceptive, as if in an almost hypnotic or telepathic state.
- The state of being perceptive; acumen, discernment, insight
- The successful unauthorized breach of a security perimeter. See penetration test.
- The part of the human face or the forward part of the head of other vertebrates that contains the nostrils and organs of smell and forms the beginning of the respiratory tract.
- The sense of smell:
- The ability to detect, sense, or discover as if by smell:
- An organ of vision or of light sensitivity.
- Either of a pair of hollow structures located in bony sockets of the skull, functioning together or independently, each having a lens capable of focusing incident light on an internal photosensitive retina from which nerve impulses are sent to the brain; the vertebrate organ of vision.
- The external, visible portion of this organ together with its associated structures, especially the eyelids, eyelashes, and eyebrows.
- The act of discriminating.
- The ability or power to see or make fine distinctions; discernment.
- Treatment or consideration based on class or category, such as race or gender, rather than individual merit; partiality or prejudice.
- The act or process of exhibiting keen insight and good judgment.
- Keenness of insight and judgment.
- The property of being clearsighted.
- The quality of being astute.
- Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight:
A healthy mental state.
See also:The quality of being laughable or comical
- The state or condition of being zany.
- the quality of being witty
- (uncountable) The characteristic of being ridiculous.
- (countable) The result of being ridiculous.
- The state or quality of being ludicrous.
- the quality or state of being jocose
- a jocose action or remark
- the state of being jocose
- The quality that makes something laughable or amusing; funniness:
- That which is intended to induce laughter or amusement:
- The ability to perceive, enjoy, or express what is amusing, comical, incongruous, or absurd:
- The property of being farcical.
- A comical or whimsical quality.
- A comical or whimsical way of acting, talking, or behaving.
- The act of joking; clowning.
- The state or quality of being comical.
- A dramatic work that is light and often humorous or satirical in tone and that usually contains a happy resolution of the thematic conflict.
- The genre made up of such works.
- A literary or cinematic work of a comic nature or that uses the themes or methods of comedy.
See also:A person whose words or actions provoke or are intended to provoke amusement or laughter
- One of a set or pack bearing significant numbers, symbols, or figures, used in games and in divination.
- A greeting card.
- A postcard.
- Comical or ludicrous because of incongruity or strangeness.
- A comical person given to extravagant or outlandish behavior.
- A ludicrous, buffoonish character in old comedies who attempts feebly to mimic the tricks of the clown.
- To move briskly and repeatedly from side to side, to and fro, or up and down:
- To move rapidly in talking. Used of the tongue.
- To be on one's way; depart.
- One given to or known for making quips.
- One who tells or plays jokes; a joker.
- One who tells or plays jokes.
- An insolent person who seeks to make a show of cleverness.
- An annoying or inept person:
- One given to jesting.
- A fool or buffoon at medieval courts.
- A person with a good sense of humor.
- A performer or writer of humorous material.
- A humorous man, especially one who is a professional comedian.
- One who acts in or writes a farce.
- A comic; a wag.
- Characteristic of or having to do with comedy.
- Of or relating to comic strips.
- Amusing; humorous:
- A professional entertainer who tells jokes or performs various other comic acts.
- An actor in comedy.
- A writer of comedy.
- A buffoon or jester who entertains by jokes, antics, and tricks in a circus, play, or other presentation.
- One who jokes and plays tricks.
- A coarse, rude, vulgar person; a boor.
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Another word for wit
Noun
Clever humor
- A literary or dramatic work that makes fun of something, often by means of outlandish exaggeration.
- A ludicrous or mocking imitation; a travesty:
- A variety show characterized by broad ribald comedy, dancing, and striptease.
- Good-humored, playful, or teasing conversation.
- To engage in banter:
- To speak to in a playful or teasing way:
- Waggish behavior or spirit; drollery.
- A droll remark or act.
- A comical or whimsical quality.
- A comical or whimsical way of acting, talking, or behaving.
- The act of joking; clowning.
- A humorous remark or act; a jest.
- A polite social utterance; a civility:
- A good-humored or playful manner in conversation or social relations.
- The quality or state of being whimsical.
- A whimsical idea or its expression; a caprice.
- the quality of being witty
- The quality that makes something laughable or amusing; funniness:
- That which is intended to induce laughter or amusement:
- The ability to perceive, enjoy, or express what is amusing, comical, incongruous, or absurd:
See also:An example of wit, sense 1
- Something forced into or put over the mouth to prevent speaking or crying out.
- An obstacle to or a censoring of free speech.
- A device placed in the mouth to keep it open, as in dentistry.
- A flippant or sarcastic remark.
- To make or utter a wisecrack.
- A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.
- To make puns or a pun.
- A short, witty poem expressing a single thought or observation.
- A concise, clever, often paradoxical statement.
- Epigrammatic discourse or expression.
- A clever, witty remark.
- To make quips or a quip.
- To say (something) as a quip.
- A playful or frivolous mood or manner:
- A playful remark; a witticism or joke.
- A playful or amusing act; a prank.
- A tersely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage.
- A brief statement of a scientific principle.
- Something said or done to evoke laughter or amusement, especially an amusing story with a punch line.
- A mischievous trick; a prank:
- Something that is of ludicrously poor quality:
- A clever saying; a witticism.
- A swift, witty reply.
- Conversation marked by the exchange of witty retorts.
- An unusual, unexpected, or fanciful idea; a whim.
- Quaint, fanciful, or playful humor:
- To rush out or leap forth suddenly:
- To issue suddenly from a defensive or besieged position to attack an enemy.
- To set out on a trip or excursion:
- A witty remark.
- Light, playful banter.
- The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
- An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning:
- Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs:
- A literary work in which human foolishness or vice is attacked through irony, derision, or wit.
- The branch of literature constituting such works.
- Irony, sarcasm, or caustic wit used to attack or expose human foolishness or vice.
One who possesses wit, sense 1
- A smart aleck.
- A mobster.
- A person who makes wisecrack remarks; a smart aleck
- To move briskly and repeatedly from side to side, to and fro, or up and down:
- To move rapidly in talking. Used of the tongue.
- To be on one's way; depart.
- (idiomatic) A person who participates in entertainment events in a very enthusiastic manner and who has a leading role in inspiring others to join in the spirit of festivity.
- One who banters.
- A professional entertainer who tells jokes or performs various other comic acts.
- An actor in comedy.
- A writer of comedy.
- Someone who writes an epigram (any meanings)
- A maker of puns.
- A person with a good sense of humor.
- A performer or writer of humorous material.
Idioms:
at one's wits' end
have or keep one's wits about one
live by one's wits
Synonym Study
- Repartee refers to the ability to reply or retort with quick, skillful wit or humor
- Satire applies to the use, especially in literature, of ridicule, sarcasm, irony, etc. in exposing and attacking vices or follies
- Irony refers to the humor implicit in the contradiction between literal expression and intended meaning or in the discrepancy between appearance and reality in life
- Humor is applied to the ability to perceive and express that which is comical, ludicrous, or ridiculous, but connotes kindliness, geniality, sometimes even pathos, in the expression and a reaction of sympathetic amusement from the audience
- Wit refers to the ability to perceive the incongruous and to express it in quick, sharp, spontaneous, often sarcastic remarks that delight or entertain
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