Synonyms for wit
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Humor
humor US, humour UK, repartee, sarcasm, witticism, smartness, satire, irony, joke, humorist, humourist UK, comedian, joker, sharpness, pleasantry, wittiness, salt dated
2. Intellect — intelligence; common sense
mind, intellect, wisdom, genius, ingenuity, intelligence, sense, knowledge, understanding, brainpower, capacity, brain, discernment, reason, mentality, cleverness, shrewdness, sagacity, comprehension, apprehension
4. Acumen
acumen, insight, prudence, penetration, perspicacity, astuteness, acuteness
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Intelligence; common sense.
The opportunity was right in front of you, and you didn't even have the wit to take it!
- n. 2
Sanity.
He's gone completely out of his wits.
- n. 3
The senses.
Keep your wits about you.
- n. 4
Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.
Where she has gone to is beyond the wit of man to say.
Related words
- Word family
- witless witling witticism wittol witty
- Phrases
- mother wit to wit native wit staircase wit wit tooth wit woo
Forms
- Plural
- wits → humors, repartees, sarcasms, witticisms…
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The analogies with which wit plays are often superficial or artificial; humor deals with real analogies of an amusing or entertaining kind, or with traits of character that are seen to have a comical side as soon as brought to view.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- humor Of all of us, Tom had the craziest sense of humor.
- sarcasm He spoke with a suggestion of sarcasm in his voice.
- wisdom We admired his wisdom, not to mention his courage.
- intellect Your people know that I have a superior intellect.
By length
- 3 letters
- wag1
- 4 letters
- mind1, card1, joke1, salt1
- 5 letters
- sense1, brain1, humor2, irony3, joker2
- 6 letters
- reason2, wisdom2, genius2, humour2, satire3, acumen3
- 7 letters
- insight2, sarcasm3
- 8 letters
- capacity4, comedian4, prudence2, humorist3, repartee3, sagacity
- 9 letters
- knowledge2, mentality4, intellect3, ingenuity5, burlesque2, sharpness2, smartness2, acuteness3, witticism, humourist, wittiness, witticist
- 10 letters
- cleverness3, brainpower3, shrewdness2, astuteness3, pleasantry3
- 11 letters
- imagination5, penetration4, discernment3
- 12 letters
- intelligence4, apprehension4, perspicacity
- 13 letters
- understanding4, comprehension4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (humor2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
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