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Synonyms for after-wit

  • noun

Most common

l'esprit de l'escalier

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Noun

1. Staircase wit — A good comeback, retort one thinks of only after the end of discussion or after leaving a social gathering

l'esprit de l'escalier, staircase wit rare

Antonyms

forewit

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Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A good comeback, retort one thinks of only after the end of discussion or after leaving a social gathering.

Related words

Other spellings
afterwit

Forms

Plural
after-wits