wits in English

noun

1

mental sharpness and inventiveness; keen intelligence.

he does not lack perception or native wit

synonyms: intelligence, shrewdness, astuteness, cleverness, canniness, sense, common sense, wisdom, sagacity, judgment, acumen, insight, brains, mind, gumption, savvy, horse sense, smarts, street smarts

2

a natural aptitude for using words and ideas in a quick and inventive way to create humor.

a player with a sharp tongue and a quick wit

synonyms: wittiness, humor, funniness, drollery, esprit, repartee, badinage, banter, wordplay, jokes, witticisms, quips, puns

noun

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noun

intelligence, wittiness, comedian, mentality, witticism, card
intelligence, shrewdness, astuteness, cleverness, canniness, sense, common sense, wisdom, sagacity, judgment, acumen, insight, brains, mind, gumption, savvy, horse sense, smarts, street smarts
wittiness, humor, funniness, drollery, esprit, repartee, badinage, banter, wordplay, jokes, witticisms, quips, puns
comedian, humorist, comic, joker, jokester, wag, card, funnyman
mentality, brainpower, mental capacity, brain
witticism, wittiness, humor
card, wag

Use "wits" in a sentence

1. My wits.

2. Half-wits?

3. Good wits jump (together).

4. Wits are wealth.

5. Watching television dulls one's wits.

6. Scared out of your wits.

7. Great wits have short memories.

8. Pit your wits against family or friends!

9. Her quick wits saved the boy's life.

10. He is a boy of quick wits.

11. She learned to survive on her wits.

12. Travellers need to keep their wits about them.

13. Consequently he Cudgelled his wits unmercifully in

14. We'll use our intellect, bravery and wits.

15. There was good wits, incisive but always peripheral information.

16. I'd like to pit my wits against the best.

17. Learning to be a bunch of harebrained half-wits!

18. 16 Sylvie, tempered with Mathilde's quick wits and humour.

19. His quick wits compensate for his lack of brawn.

20. They seldom labour their wits on thankless task.

21. Wits and guts - a plucky young woman's tale of escape.

22. 20 You should limber up your wits before the test.

23. He hadn't the wits/wit enough to realize the danger.

24. MERCUTlO Come between us, good Benvolio; my wits faint.

25. I felt helpless, but tried to gather my wits.

26. You should limber up your wits before the test.

27. Its dialectic sharpened their wits, and conferred upon them . . . mental acuteness. . . .

28. Don't shout like that! You scared me out of my wits.

29. So many men (or heads) so many minds (or wits). 

30. Alone and penniless, I was forced to live on my wits .

31. The game show is an open contest of wits and strength.

32. Would you like to pit your wits against our quiz champion?

33. The air of Paris had exhilarated her and sharpened her wits.

34. He needed all his wits to find his way out.

35. Cudgelled The longer he Cudgelled his wits, the more inactive they became.

36. 3 So many men (or heads) so many minds (or wits). 

37. She attended Wits University and became a hospital physician and general practitioner.

38. Set against my wits and guile, Manly strength won't save your skin.

39. Yet, those four words frightened a powerful ruler nearly out of his wits.

40. You'll terrify me out of my wits if you behave in this way.

41. Celebrity teams pit their wits against each other in this lively quiz show.

42. You scared us out of our wits. We heard you had an accident.

43. We'll need to sharpen our wits if we're going to defeat Jack's team.

44. I tell you I was flabbergasted and right terrified out of my wits.

45. Bejesus (uncountable) (euphemistic) Used for emphasis, similar to crap, shit or wits

46. I challenge you to a battle of wits but you'll be unarmed.

47. 4 So many men (or heads) so many minds (or wits). 

48. You have to have your wits about you in a dangerous situation.

49. I'd live off my wits even though I've geared myself to be a footballer.

50. Bodyless Heads by David Macfie It took Armstrong several moments to gather his wits