wit
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
Types & categories
- subject matter hypernym
- jeu d'esprit hyponym
- bon mot hyponym
- esprit de l'escalier hyponym
- pungency hyponym
- irony hyponym
- repartee hyponym
- joke hyponym
- impersonation hyponym
- cartoon hyponym
- fun hyponym
- ribaldry hyponym
- topper hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
mental ability
he's got plenty of brains but no common sense
Types & categories
- intelligence hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a witty amusing person who makes jokes
Types & categories
- humorist hypernym
Related & opposite
- witty derivation
- colloquialism domain usage
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | humorist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | humorous |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | witty |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | libation |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | roaster |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | subject matter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | jeu d'esprit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bon mot |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | esprit de l'escalier |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pungency |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | irony |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | repartee |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | joke |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | impersonation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cartoon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fun |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ribaldry |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | topper |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | brainy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mental |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mental |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | intelligence |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | witty |
| 3 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | humorist |