Synonyms for witty
ˈwɪt iwit·ty

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1. wittyadjective

   Synonyms:
   quick, humorous, jocose, jocular, facetious

2. wittyadjective

   Wise, having good judgement.

   Synonyms:
   quick, jocular, humorous, facetious, jocose

3. wittyadjective

   Possessing a strong intellect or intellectual capacity; intelligent, skilful, ingenious.

   Synonyms:
   humorous, facetious, quick, jocose, jocular

4. wittyadjective

   Clever; amusingly ingenious.

   His speech was both witty and informative.

   Synonyms:
   jocular, humorous, facetious, jocose, quick

5. wittyadjective

   Full of wit.

   His frequent quips mark him as particularly witty.

   Synonyms:
   humorous, facetious, quick, jocose, jocular

6. wittyadjective

   quick of mind; insightful; in possession of wits

   She may have grown older, but she has grown no less witty.

   Synonyms:
   quick, jocular, humorous, jocose, facetious

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1. witty

   Synonyms:
   jocose, humorous, facetious, acute

   Antonyms:
   stupid, sober, dull, stolid

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1. wittyadjective

   combining clever conception and facetious expression

   "his sermons were unpredictably witty and satirical as well as eloquent"

   Antonyms:
   humourless, humorless, unhumorous

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1. witty

   Synonyms:
   a. facetious, humorous, jocular, jocose, waggish, droll, funny, pleasant

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1. wittyadjective

   Synonyms:
   facetious, droll, sharp

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1. List of paraphrases for "witty":

   spiritual

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1. John Selden:

   He that will give himself to all manner of ways to get money may be rich; so he that lets fly all he knows or thinks may by chance be satirically witty. Honesty sometimes keeps a man from growing rich, and civility from being witty.

2. George Eliot, Middlemarch, Ch 8:

   But pride only helps us to be generous; it never makes us so, any more than vanity makes us witty.

3. Adobe Stock Twitter:

   I’ve been here for 15 years giving my ⏰ & witty thoughts all for bupkis. Now you’re telling me that I have to pay for something you gave me for free?

4. Thomas Hobbes:

   Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.

5. Cervantes:

   Poesy is a beauteous damsel, chaste, honourable, discreet, witty, retired, and who keeps herself within the limits of propriety. She is a friend of solitude; fountains entertain her, meadows console her, woods free her from ennui, flowers delight her; in short, she gives pleasure and instruction to all with whom she communicates.