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wit

/wɪt/noun1 syllable

Wit means: mental ability.

Synonyms for wit12

noun, as in mental ability

brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality

noun, as in a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

humor, humour, witticism, wittiness

noun, as in a witty amusing person who makes jokes

wag, card

also used for wit

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What does wit mean?3

noun

1

mental ability“he's got plenty of brains but no common sense”

2

a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

3

a witty amusing person who makes jokes

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with wit?35

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All 35 rhymes for wit, grouped by syllable

Wit in a sentence

  • Where the drink goes in, there the wit goes out.unknown
  • When the wine is in, the wit is out.unknown
  • A lot of wit, but nothing to show for it.Miktsoanit
  • What he lacked in wit, he made up for in energy.CK
  • I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.Scott
  • A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.Albert
  • The genius, wit and spirit of a nation are discovered in its proverbs.al_ex_an_der
  • Mistakes do give us wit, a sole one - not a bit!Adelpa

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Forms of wit

as a noun

plural
wits