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wit
Synonyms and Antonyms of wit
- The pundits and political wits will get a lot of mileage out of the senator's latest gaffe.
- He doesn't even have the wit to know when to come in out of the rain.
common sense, discreetness, discretion, gumption [chiefly dialect], horse sense, levelheadedness, policy, prudence, sense, sensibleness, wisdom
farsightedness, forehandedness, foresight, foresightedness, forethoughtfulness, judgment (or judgement)
brains, gray matter, intelligence
logicality, logicalness, practicality, rationality, rationalness
discernment, discrimination, insight, sagacity, sapience
acumen, astuteness, clearheadedness, keenness, penetration, perspicacity, shrewdness
- scared out of her wits
- lacked the wit to see that the war was unwinnable
artlessness, greenness, guilelessness, ingenuousness, innocence, naiveness, naïveté (also naivete), simplemindedness, simpleness, simplicity, unsophistication, unworldliness
brainlessness, density, doltishness, dopiness, dumbness, fatuity, foolishness, half-wittedness, mindlessness, oafishness, obtuseness, senselessness, slowness, stupidity, stupidness, vacuity, witlessness
Synonym Discussion of wit
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- a playful wit
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- a sense of humor
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- the irony of the title
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- given to heartless sarcasm
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- a satire on the Congress
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- a dinner guest noted for repartee
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