Word Type

Noun

Verb

Preposition

The word "wit" can be used as noun, verb and preposition.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

afterwit bewit brevity is the soul of wit collect one's wits dimwit forewit fuckwit gather one's wits half-wit have one’s wits about one inwit lackwit midwit mother wit native wit nitwit scare out of one’s wits staircase wit to wit unwitting wit tooth wit-cracker wit-cracking witcraft witful witless witling witness witter witticism wittol witty

Etymologically Related To

wise

Inflected/Variant Forms

with

Context

au constructed with of when used intransitively formal hunting legal southern american english

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

content humorist humourist intelligence message subject matter substance

Type Of (IsA)

in other words message

Related Terms

acid biting cutting lambent wit woo

Related Terms

acid aware be biting cutting humour know lambent namely sanity sense specifically

Synonym Network

brain that is to say wag

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.