WITTINESS Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

wittiness

noun

Definition of wittiness

as in whimsicality

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Recent Examples of wittiness D’heygere There’s no one who reads the room better than Stéphanie D’heygere — and adds plenty of wittiness and humor to it. — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019

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Noun

Serena Page Fan favorite and Season Six winner Serena Page balanced whimsicality and structure with her look on Monday.

— Arushi Jacob, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of whimsicality

Noun

And although Lichtenstein wasn’t gay, there’s enough irony about gender in his early work to qualify him as being interestingly gay-adjacent.

— Hilton Als, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
For Nella, the hike turns an ad celebrating her daughter’s care into a painful irony — calling the shift offensive in an interview with The Sacramento Bee.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of irony

Noun

Firstman excels at highlighting the absurdity of celebrity and the pretension of coastal media types.

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026
To expose the assumptions, prejudices and absurdities of those interacting with them in the real world — whether on the right or left, in a position of tremendous power or someone off the street.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of absurdity

Noun

How much funnier Shakespeare’s motley crew can be when we’re allowed to discover the variety of eccentricity and ludicrousness on display for ourselves.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
Well, the Premier League table is definitely worth looking at, if only to marvel at its ludicrousness.

— Tim Spiers, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025

Definition of ludicrousness

Noun

To use satire to confirm does not bring with it dramatic excitement and risks a certain smugness of point of view.

— Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
Even the most gifted practitioner of satire — looking at my shelf full of Carl Hiassen novels — couldn’t make up this stuff.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026

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