Wit

//wɪt//

Synonyms for "wit" (249 found)

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Noun(3 words)
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Strong matches (75)

Noun(2 words)
humorhumour

Related words (124)

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Translations

116 translations across 27 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἀστεϊσμός noun (Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly)

Arabic

2 entries
  • إدراك noun (intellectual ability)
  • وعي noun (intellectual ability)

Armenian

2 entries
  • խելք noun (mind; sanity)
  • խելք noun (intellectual ability)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • остроу́мие noun (Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly)
  • разум noun (mind; sanity)
  • съобразителност noun (Ability to think quickly)
  • ум noun (intellectual ability)

Catalan

3 entries
  • divertit noun (A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes)
  • enteniment noun (mind; sanity)
  • ment noun (mind; sanity)

Czech

4 entries
  • důvtip noun (Ability to think quickly)
  • humor noun (Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly)
  • rozum noun (mind; sanity)
  • vtip noun (Ability to think quickly)

Danish

3 entries
  • vid noun (mind; sanity)
  • vid noun (intellectual ability)
  • vid noun (Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • humuro noun (Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly)
  • sprito noun (Ability to think quickly)
  • spritulo noun (A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes)

Finnish

3 entries
  • nokkeluus noun (Ability to think quickly)
  • sukkeluus noun (Ability to think quickly)
  • sutkaus noun (Ability to think quickly)

French

2 entries
  • mot d'esprit noun (Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly)
  • petit malin noun (A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes)

Galician

4 entries
  • entendemento noun (mind; sanity)
  • intelecto noun (intellectual ability)
  • mentalidade noun (mind; sanity)
  • siso noun (mind; sanity)

Georgian

3 entries
  • გონება noun (mind; sanity)
  • გონებამახვილობა noun (Ability to think quickly)
  • ჭკუა noun (mind; sanity)

German

4 entries
  • Auffassungsgabe noun (Ability to think quickly)
  • Intellekt noun (intellectual ability)
  • Verstand noun (intellectual ability)
  • Witz noun (Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly)

Italian

4 entries
  • acutezza noun (Ability to think quickly)
  • arguzia noun (intellectual ability)
  • arguzia noun (Ability to think quickly)
  • battuta noun (A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes)

Korean

1 entries
  • 눈치 noun (Ability to think quickly)

Latin

4 entries
  • argūtia noun (Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly)
  • facetiae noun (Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly)
  • ingenium noun (intellectual ability)
  • scurra noun (A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes)

Latvian

4 entries
  • asprātis noun (A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes)
  • asprātība noun (Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly)
  • atjautība noun (Ability to think quickly)
  • prāts noun (mind; sanity)

Māori

2 entries
  • naho noun (A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes)
  • ngutu atamai noun (Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly)

Norwegian

4 entries
  • forstand noun (intellectual ability)
  • intellekt noun (intellectual ability)
  • vett noun (mind; sanity)
  • vidd noun (Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly)

Occitan

4 entries
  • esperit noun (mind; sanity)
  • ment noun (mind; sanity)
  • sen noun (mind; sanity)
  • èime noun (mind; sanity)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Witsichkjeit noun (Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • agudez noun (Ability to think quickly)
  • agudeza noun (Ability to think quickly)
  • engraçado noun (Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly)
  • esperteza noun (Ability to think quickly)

Romanian

1 entries
  • schepsis noun (Ability to think quickly)

Russian

4 entries
  • остроу́мие noun (Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly)
  • остря́к noun (A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes)
  • ра́зум noun (mind; sanity)
  • ум noun (intellectual ability)

Spanish

4 entries
  • agudeza noun (Ability to think quickly)
  • chiste espontáneo noun (Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly)
  • cordura noun (mind; sanity)
  • divertido noun (A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes)

Turkish

1 entries
  • nükte noun (Ability to think quickly)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • розум noun (mind; sanity)

Sample sentences

30 total sentences available.

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Wit gives zest to conversation.

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Brevity is the soul of wit.

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Wit is to conversation what salt is to food.

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Want of wit is worse than want of gear.

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