WIT in English dictionary

  • wit

    Meanings and definitions of "WIT"

    • (now usually in the plural) Sanity.
    • (obsolete usually in the plural) The senses.
    • Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.
    • The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.
    • Intelligence; common sense.
    • Spoken humour, especially when clever or quick.
    • A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty.
    • (ambitransitive, chiefly archaic) Know, be aware of (construed with of when used intransitively).
    • noun
      (now usually in the plural)
      Sanity.
    • noun
      (obsolete usually in the plural)
      The senses.
    • noun
      Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.
    • noun
      The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.
    • noun
      Intelligence; common sense.
    • noun
      Humour, especially when clever or quick.
    • noun
      A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty.
    • adposition
      (Southern US)
      Alternative spelling of [i]with[/i]
    • verb
      ( transitive, intransitive, chiefly archaic) Know, be aware of ( constructed with of when used intransitively).
    • verb
      ( transitive, intransitive, chiefly archaic) Know, be aware of ( constructed with of when used intransitively).
    • The ability for rational thought.
    • mind; sanity
    • intellectual ability
    • Ability to think quickly
    • Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly
    • A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes
    • (quick or ready) wit
    • noun
      a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
    • noun
      a witty amusing person who makes jokes
    • noun
      mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"

    Synonyms of "WIT" in English dictionary

    substance, wittiness, brain are the top synonyms of "WIT" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of WIT

    • to wit (see below for this verb’s conjugation)
    • (Verb) null
    • lp  liczba pojedyncza wit; lm  liczba mnoga wits
    • wit ( plural  wits)
    • wit (countable and uncountable, plural wits)
    • wit (see below for this verb’s conjugation) ;; {| |- | valign="top" |
      Infinitive to wit
      Imperative wit
      Present participle witting
      Past participle wist
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      Present indicative Past indicative
      First-person singular I wot I wist
      Second-person singular thou wost, wot(test) (archaic) thou wist(est) (archaic)
      Third-person singular he/she/it wot he/she/it wist
      First-person plural we wit(e) we wist
      Second-person plural ye wit(e) (archaic) ye wist (archaic)
      Third-person plural they wit(e) they wist
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    • wit (see below for this verb’s conjugation)
  • WIT

    Meanings and definitions of "WIT"

    • noun
      (hunting, Australia)
      waterfowl identification test

    Grammar and declension of WIT

    • WIT (plural WITs)
  • Wit

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