wit
noun
1. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
Similar word(s): humor, humour, witticism, wittiness
Definition categories: communication, content, message, substance
2. mental ability
Similar word(s): brain, brainpower, mentality
Definition categories: thought, intelligence
3. a witty amusing person who makes jokes
Definition categories: person, humorist
Sentences with wit as a noun:
- He's gone completely out of his wits.
- Where she has gone to is beyond the wit of man to say.
- My father had a quick wit and a steady hand.
- The opportunity was right in front of you, and you didn't even have the wit to take it!
- The best man's speech was hilarious, full of wit and charm.
- Your friend is quite a wit, isn't he?
verb
1. (transitive, intransitive, chiefly archaic) Know, be aware of (construed with of when used intransitively).
- You committed terrible actions — to wit, murder and theft — and should be punished accordingly.
- They are meddling in matters that men should not wit of.