Definition for Wit:

• Mind; sense; knowledge; mental faculty or power; the power of combining ideas or words so as to produce a laughable effect; mental quickness; one who possesses power to make others laugh.

Synonyms for Wit:

• n.

  •
  • clarity,
  • common sense,
  • vision,
  • intuition.
  •
  • epigram,
  • be (always) good for a laugh,
  • aphorism,
  • whimsy,
  • sally,
  • quip,
  • badinage,
  • wisecrack,
  • pun,
  • a figure of fun.
  •
  • hilarity,
  • wise guy.
  •
  • smart,
  • ability,
  • sense.
  •
  • nose,
  • careful,
  • eye.
  •
  • sane.
  •
  • laughter.
  •acumen (noun)
  • in-tuitions,
  • smartnesses,
  • in-sight,
  • in-sights,
  • in-tuition,
  • in tuitions,
  • dis-crimination,
  • dis-criminations,
  • dis crimination,
  • good tastes,
  • dis criminations,
  • in tuition,
  • in sights.
  •brain (noun)
  • medullae oblongatae,
  • encephala,
  • medulla oblongatas.
  •brainpower (noun)
  • brainpower.
  •card (noun)
  • card.
  •cleverness (noun)
  • quick wits,
  • re-sourcefulnesses,
  • re sourcefulness,
  • canninesses,
  • re-sourcefulness,
  • re sourcefulnesses.
  •clown (noun)
  • madcaps,
  • funsters,
  • funnypersons,
  • gagsters,
  • merryandrew,
  • pierrots,
  • merry andrews,
  • merrymakers,
  • life of party,
  • merryandrews,
  • jokesmiths,
  • funnypeople,
  • punchinellos,
  • merry-andrews.
  •comedian (noun)
  • co median,
  • stand up comics,
  • million laugh,
  • stand-up comics,
  • co medians,
  • co-median,
  • stand up comic,
  • co-medians.
  •comicality (noun)
  • non sense,
  • non senses,
  • zaninesses,
  • non-sense.
  •common sense (noun)
  • sweet reasons,
  • good reasonings,
  • good senses,
  • levelheadednesses,
  • sound senses,
  • reasonablenesses,
  • sensiblenesses.
  •cunning (noun)
  • wariness,
  • snakiness,
  • sly,
  • smoothness,
  • subtlety,
  • slipperiness,
  • deviousness,
  • guile,
  • art,
  • mastery,
  • cunning,
  • slickness,
  • skill.
  •downhearted (noun)
  • troubled,
  • hopeless,
  • helpless,
  • at a loss,
  • desperate.
  •eloquence (noun)
  • de-livery,
  • gift gab,
  • volubilities,
  • de-liveries,
  • de livery,
  • mellifluousnesses,
  • de liveries,
  • wittinesses,
  • meaningfulnesses.
  •experience (noun)
  • background,
  • sophistication,
  • proficiency,
  • wisdom,
  • competence,
  • experience,
  • savoir-faire,
  • practice.
  •facility (noun)
  • skillfulness,
  • Propensities,
  • smooth sailing,
  • leanings.
  •farcicality (noun)
  • farcicalnesses.
  •funnyman (noun)
  • standup,
  • standup comedians,
  • stand-up comedians,
  • standups,
  • stand up comedian,
  • stand up comedians,
  • stand-ups,
  • stand ups.
  •gumption (noun)
  • commonsense,
  • perspicaciousness,
  • get up and go,
  • sagaciousness.
  •humor (noun)
  • trick,
  • whimsicality,
  • practical joke,
  • prank,
  • raillery,
  • lark,
  • drollery,
  • gag,
  • banter,
  • jest,
  • burlesque,
  • joke,
  • jocularity.
  •humorist (noun)
  • belletrist,
  • word smith,
  • prankster,
  • scriptwriter,
  • writer,
  • playwright,
  • buffoon,
  • columnist,
  • actor,
  • copywriter,
  • author,
  • essayist,
  • dramatist.
  •humour (noun)
  • humour.
  •imagination (noun)
  • perceptibility,
  • unrealities,
  • ideality,
  • visualizations,
  • Idealities,
  • visualization,
  • imaginativeness,
  • creative thought,
  • unreality,
  • mental agility.
  •perceptiveness (noun)
  • clearsightedness.
  •person who is very funny (noun)
  • madcap,
  • Epigrammatist,
  • gag person,
  • jokesmith.
  •pleasantry (noun)
  • bons mots.
  •reason (noun)
  • generalization,
  • intellections,
  • sens,
  • generalizations,
  • intellection,
  • marbles,
  • sound mind,
  • rationalism.
  •repartee (noun)
  • re joinder,
  • re-torts,
  • re-joinder,
  • re-joinders,
  • re joinders,
  • re tort,
  • re-tort,
  • re torts.
  •sanity (noun)
  • Normalities,
  • right mind,
  • clear mind,
  • judiciousness,
  • healthy mind,
  • good judgment.
  •satire (noun)
  • playon,
  • playons,
  • sendups,
  • play-ons,
  • play ons,
  • send-ups,
  • chaffings,
  • send ups,
  • puton.
  •scream (noun)
  • sidesplitter.
  •sense (noun)
  • clearheadedness,
  • clear-headedness.
  •soundness (noun)
  • Integrality.
  •understanding (noun)
  • under-standings,
  • under-standing,
  • under standings,
  • prehensions,
  • under standing.
  •wag (noun)
  • a million laugh,
  • funny people,
  • show offs,
  • funny persons.
  •wit (noun)
  • adroitness,
  • wiliness,
  • ingeniousness,
  • foxiness,
  • brilliance,
  • inventiveness,
  • intellect,
  • finesse,
  • quickness,
  • scintillation,
  • drollness,
  • witticism,
  • Subtleness,
  • astuteness,
  • artfulness,
  • learning ability,
  • deftness,
  • shrewdness,
  • slyness,
  • craftiness,
  • trickiness,
  • Cunningness,
  • urbanity,
  • scurrility,
  • mental capacity,
  • sophistry,
  • sharpness,
  • comedy.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • saneness,
  • laughing stock,
  • funniness,
  • comedy of errors,
  • Clear-sightedness,
  • Sageness,
  • gallows humor,
  • ribaldry,
  • good-time Charlie,
  • perceptiveness,
  • slapstick.
  •
  • discernment,
  • sagacity,
  • harlequin,
  • dag,
  • perspicacity,
  • jocoseness.
  •
  • soundness,
  • marble,
  • lucidity,
  • fun,
  • keenness.
  •
  • discrimination.
  •
  • penetration.
  •
  • sport,
  • trip.
  •quick-wittedness
  • esprit.

Paraphrases for Wit:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    witness, mind, With, humorous, genius.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    Witt, TMI.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    ingenuity, spirit, intelligence, wisdom, humour, resourcefulness, intellect, humor, inventiveness, comedy.

Antonyms for Wit:

• n.

  • humor
    seriousness.
  • Other antonyms:
    hallucination, madness, dementia, naiveness, gravity, simplemindedness, greenness, artlessness, frenzy, ingenuousness, innocence, unreasonableness, brainlessness, witlessness, mania, delusion, shortsightedness, indiscretion, unreason, derangement, naivete, simplicity, sobriety, unsophistication, delirium, stolidity, guilelessness, lunacy, solemnity, imprudence, heedlessness, senselessness, vacuity, idiocy, dulness, unworldliness, carelessness, insanity, hysteria.

Wit Sentence Examples:

• He has not wit enough.

• He added a fourth, to wit: What would be Mr. Jefferson's conduct as to the public officers?

Homophones for Wit:

• whit, Witt, Whitt, witte.