Significado da Wit.
noun
- the capacity for inventive thought and quick understanding; keen intelligence.
she does not lack perception or native wit
he needed all his wits to figure out the way back
- a natural aptitude for using words and ideas in a quick and inventive way to create humour.
his caustic wit cuts through the humbug
Old English wit(t), gewit(t), denoting the mind as the seat of consciousness, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch weet and German Witz, also to wit2.
verb
- have knowledge.
I addressed a few words to the lady you wot of
- that is to say (used to be more specific about something already referred to).
the textbooks show an irritating parochialism, to wit an almost total exclusion of papers not in English
Old English witan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch weten and German wissen, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit veda ‘knowledge’ and Latin videre ‘see’.
Informações sobre Wit.
Quebra de sílabas de Wit em sílabas
Wit
- Consiste em 1 syllables e 3 letters.
- Wit é uma palavra monossilábico, uma vez que tem sílaba única.
Sinônimos para Wit
Com o significado de humor:
humor, witticism, wittiness
Com o significado de brain:
brain, brainpower, mentality
Com o significado de wag:
wag, card
Com o significado de the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills:
intelligence
Com o significado de the quality of having or showing good powers of judgement:
shrewdness
Com o significado de the quality of being clever; intelligence or shrewdness:
cleverness
Com o significado de sharpness or keenness of thought, vision, or hearing:
acuity
Com o significado de the quality or state of being sharp:
sharpness
Com o significado de a sane and realistic attitude to situations and problems:
sense
Com o significado de the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgement; the quality of being wise:
wisdom
Com o significado de the quality of being sagacious:
sagacity
Com o significado de the ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions:
judgement
Com o significado de the power of abstract thought; intellect:
understanding
Com o significado de the ability to make good judgements and take quick decisions:
acumen
Com o significado de the ability to judge well:
discernment
Com o significado de intuitive understanding and insight:
perception
Com o significado de the capacity to gain an accurate and deep understanding of someone or something:
insight
Com o significado de the quality of having sensitive insight or understanding; perceptiveness:
percipience
Com o significado de the quality of having a ready insight into things; shrewdness:
perspicacity
Com o significado de intellectual capacity:
brains
Com o significado de the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel; the faculty of consciousness and thought:
mind
Com o significado de common sense; practical intelligence:
nous
Com o significado de shrewd or spirited initiative and resourcefulness:
gumption
Com o significado de a piece of open land for public use:
common
Com o significado de shrewdness and practical knowledge; the ability to make good judgements:
savvy
Com o significado de sharp stinging pain:
smarts
Com o significado de the quality of being amusing or comic, especially as expressed in literature or speech:
humour
Com o significado de conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty comments or replies:
repartee
Com o significado de humorous or witty conversation:
badinage
Com o significado de the playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks:
banter
Com o significado de the witty exploitation of the meanings and ambiguities of words, especially in puns:
wordplay
Com o significado de good-humoured teasing:
raillery
Com o significado de a thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, especially a story with a funny punchline:
jokes
Com o significado de a witty remark:
witticisms, quips
Com o significado de a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings:
puns
Antônimos de Wit
Com o significado de behaviour that shows a lack of good sense or judgement:
stupidity