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witnoun a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humorthe pundits and political wits will get a lot of mileage out of the senator's latest gaffe card, comedian, comic, droll, farceur, funnyman, gagger, gagman, gagster, humorist, jester, joker, jokester, wag comedienne, entertainerbanterer, cutup, kidder, knockabout, practical joker, prankster, quipper, quipster, teaser, wisecrackerbuffoon, clown, fool, harlequin, zanycaricaturist, lampooner, parodist, satirist the ability to make intelligent decisions especially in everyday mattershe 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, nous(chiefly British), policy, prudence, sense, sensibleness, wisdom street smartsfarsightedness, forehandedness, foresight, foresightedness, forethoughtfulness, judgment(or judgement)brains, gray matter, intelligencelogicality, logicalness, practicality, rationality, rationalnessdiscernment, discrimination, insight, sagacity, sapienceacumen, astuteness, clearheadedness, keenness, penetration, perspicacity, shrewdnesscare, caution, circumspection, precaution, premeditation imprudence, indiscretion shortsightednessbrainlessness, foolishness, half-wittedness, idiocy, senselessness, stupiditycarelessness, heedlessnessunreasonableness usually wits pl.the normal or healthy condition of the mental abilitiesscared out of her wits daylights, head, marbles, mind, reason, saneness, sanity rationality, reasonableness, sensehealth, healthfulness, healthiness, wholesomenessclearheadedness, lucidity, lucidness, normalcy, normality, soundnesswisdom dementia, derangement, insanity, lunacy, madness, mania, unreason delusion, hallucinationdelirium, frenzy, hysteria exceptional discernment and judgment especially in practical matterslacked the wit to see that the war was unwinnable acumen, astuteness, caginess(also cageyness), canniness, clear-sightedness, foxiness, hardheadedness, intelligence, keenness, knowingness, sharpness, shrewdness discernment, insight, perception, perceptiveness, perceptivity, percipience, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, sapience, wisdomartfulness, artifice, craft, craftiness, cunning, deviousness, guile, slickness, slyness, sneakiness, subtleness, subtlety, wilinessbrain(s), gray matter, intellect, reason, sense artlessness, greenness, guilelessness, ingenuousness, innocence, naiveness, naïveté(also naivete or naiveté), simplemindedness, simpleness, simplicity, unsophistication, unworldlinessbrainlessness, density, doltishness, dopiness, dumbness, fatuity, foolishness, half-wittedness, mindlessness, oafishness, obtuseness, senselessness, slowness, stupidity, stupidness, vacuity, witlessness wit, humor, irony, sarcasm, satire, repartee mean a mode of expression intended to arouse amusement.wit suggests the power to evoke laughter by remarks showing verbal felicity or ingenuity and swift perception especially of the incongruous.a playful wit humor implies an ability to perceive the ludicrous, the comical, and the absurd in human life and to express these usually without bitterness.a sense of humor irony applies to a manner of expression in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is seemingly expressed.the irony of the title sarcasm applies to expression frequently in the form of irony that is intended to cut or wound.given to heartless sarcasm satire applies to writing that exposes or ridicules conduct, doctrines, or institutions either by direct criticism or more often through irony, parody, or caricature.a satire on the Congress repartee implies the power of answering quickly, pointedly, or wittily.a dinner guest noted for repartee before the 12th century |