Thesaurus / quickwitted
FEEDBACK- as inintelligent
- as inironic/ironical
- as injudicious
- as inkeen
- as inknowing
- as inknowledgeable
- as innimble
- as inpenetrating
- as inquick
- as inquick-witted
- as inready
- as inresourceful
- as inshrewd
- as insmart
- as insprightly
- as instreet smart
- as inwitty
- as inironic
- as inbright
- as inbrilliant
- as insharp-witted
- as insharp-witted
- as incanny
- as instreet-smart
- as inacute
- as inprobing
- as inclever
- as inadroit
- as inagile
synonyms for quickwitted
synonyms for quickwitted
- astute
- brainy
- bright
- brilliant
- creative
- imaginative
- inventive
- knowledgeable
- original
- perceptive
- rational
- resourceful
- smart
- well-informed
- wise
- able
- acute
- alert
- alive
- all there
- apt
- calculating
- capable
- clever
- comprehending
- deep
- discerning
- enlightened
- exceptional
- highbrow
- ingenious
- instructed
- keen
- knowing
- penetrating
- perspicacious
- profound
- quick
- quick-witted
- ready
- reasonable
- responsible
- sage
- sharp
- thinking
- together
- understanding
- whiz
- witty
- acrid
- alert
- arrogant
- backbiting
- biting
- bitter
- burlesque
- caustic
- clever
- contemptuous
- contradictory
- critical
- cutting
- cynical
- defiant
- derisive
- disparaging
- exaggerated
- implausible
- incisive
- incongruous
- keen
- mocking
- mordant
- pungent
- quick-witted
- ridiculous
- sardonic
- satirical
- scathing
- sharp
- sneering
- spicy
- trenchant
- twisted
- witty
- wry
- satiric
- scoffing
- chaffing
- double-edged
- paradoxical
- uncomplimentary
- sensible
- prudent
- reasonable
- skillful
- shrewd
- thorough
- cautious
- sane
- circumspect
- rational
- expedient
- sober
- careful
- considerate
- astute
- accurate
- acute
- calculating
- considered
- diplomatic
- discerning
- discreet
- discriminating
- efficacious
- enlightened
- far-sighted
- informed
- judicial
- keen
- perceptive
- perspicacious
- politic
- profound
- quick-witted
- sagacious
- sage
- sapient
- seasonable
- seemly
- sharp
- sophisticated
- sound
- wary
- well-advised
- worldly-wise
- clear-sighted
- well-judged
- acute
- strong
- intense
- penetrating
- acid
- pointed
- cutting
- caustic
- extreme
- fine
- tart
- incisive
- observant
- perceptive
- quick-witted
- sardonic
- satirical
- trenchant
- honed
- razor-sharp
- unblunted
- brilliant
- sophisticated
- perceptive
- intelligent
- insightful
- wise
- intended
- expert
- deliberate
- discerning
- sage
- slick
- qualified
- awake
- crack
- quick
- sharp
- smart
- cool
- alive
- apprehensive
- astute
- brainy
- bright
- canny
- clever
- cognizant
- competent
- conscious
- conversant
- intentional
- judicious
- knowledgeable
- observant
- quick-witted
- sagacious
- sensible
- sentient
- skillful
- vigilant
- watchful
- well-informed
- worldly
- worldly-wise
- percipient
- sophic
- tuned-in
- with-it
- witting
- well-rounded
- sensible
- experienced
- wise
- conscious
- brilliant
- intelligent
- discerning
- informed
- sophisticated
- appreciative
- perceptive
- learned
- conversant
- well-informed
- smart
- insightful
- abreast
- acquainted
- alert
- au courant
- au fait
- brainy
- bright
- clever
- cognizant
- erudite
- familiar
- knowing
- lettered
- omniscient
- prescient
- privy
- quick-witted
- sagacious
- sage
- savvy
- scholarly
- sharp
- understanding
- versed
- apprised
- in the know
- plugged in
- posted
- sophic
- tuned-in
- with-it
- deft
- skillful
- agile
- adroit
- adept
- bright
- lithe
- lively
- quick
- swift
- active
- alert
- brisk
- clever
- handy
- light
- lissome
- proficient
- prompt
- quick-witted
- ready
- sprightly
- spry
- vigilant
- wide-awake
- astute
- perceptive
- shrewd
- incisive
- profound
- keen
- discerning
- searching
- discriminating
- acute
- critical
- perspicacious
- quick
- quick-witted
- sagacious
- sharp
- sharp-witted
- penetrative
- vigorous
- effective
- deft
- able
- active
- wise
- ready
- sharp
- keen
- knowing
- acute
- prompt
- slick
- adept
- whiz
- savvy
- adroit
- apt
- astute
- bright
- canny
- capable
- clever
- competent
- dexterous
- discerning
- effectual
- intelligent
- on the ball
- perceptive
- perspicacious
- quick-witted
- receptive
- shrewd
- skillful
- wired
- all there
- nimble-witted
- quick on the draw
- quick on the trigger
- quick on the uptake
- sharp as a tack
- smart as a whip
- perceptive
- brainy
- intelligent
- shrewd
- astute
- acute
- agile
- alert
- apt
- bright
- brilliant
- canny
- clever
- facetious
- humorous
- keen
- knowing
- on the ball
- penetrating
- prompt
- quick
- ready
- savvy
- sharp
- sharp-witted
- slick
- whiz
- wired
- wise
- witty
- nimble-witted
- penetrative
- quick on the draw
- quick on the uptake
- sharp as a tack
- sharp-sighted
- apt
- keen
- quick
- active
- handy
- smart
- acute
- rapid
- prompt
- expert
- dynamic
- alert
- adept
- live
- sharp
- adroit
- astute
- bright
- brilliant
- clever
- deft
- dexterous
- masterly
- perceptive
- proficient
- quick-witted
- resourceful
- skilled
- ingenious
- inventive
- talented
- capable
- intelligent
- creative
- bright
- active
- aggressive
- enterprising
- adventurous
- able
- clever
- original
- quick-witted
- sharp
- venturesome
- ingenious
- sensible
- penetrating
- wise
- sly
- keen
- farsighted
- slick
- judicious
- perceptive
- cagey
- astute
- canny
- sharp
- prudent
- probing
- crafty
- smart
- wily
- acute
- artful
- brainy
- calculating
- cunning
- cutting
- deep
- discerning
- discriminating
- foxy
- heady
- inside
- knowing
- perspicacious
- piercing
- profound
- quick-witted
- sagacious
- savvy
- slippery
- smooth
- tricky
- underhand
- argute
- astucious
- in the know
- on the inside
- on top of
- shark
- streetwise
- up on
- wised up
- good
- wise
- bold
- brilliant
- agile
- shrewd
- slick
- nimble
- bright
- brainy
- canny
- astute
- quick
- sharp
- crafty
- resourceful
- knowing
- acute
- skull
- adept
- pointed
- alert
- genius
- whiz
- ready
- keen
- brisk
- apt
- clever
- effective
- fresh
- impertinent
- ingenious
- nervy
- on the ball
- pert
- quick-witted
- sassy
- eggheaded
- long-haired
- cheerful
- energetic
- spry
- zippy
- agile
- peppy
- playful
- bouncy
- lively
- jaunty
- active
- airy
- alert
- animate
- animated
- blithe
- breezy
- bright
- brisk
- cheery
- chipper
- clever
- dapper
- dashing
- frolicsome
- gay
- good
- jolly
- joyous
- jumping
- keen
- light
- nimble
- perky
- quick
- quick-witted
- saucy
- scintillating
- smart
- snappy
- spirited
- sportive
- chirpy
- swinging
- fairylike
- grooving
- hyper
- keen-witted
- zappy
- zingy
- artful
- astute
- cagey
- calculating
- canny
- clever
- crafty
- cunning
- experienced
- foxy
- ingenious
- intelligent
- perceptive
- quick-witted
- savvy
- seasoned
- sharp
- slick
- sly
- smart
- smooth
- wily
- wise
- streetwise
- amusing
- bright
- brilliant
- crazy
- droll
- entertaining
- epigrammatic
- facetious
- fanciful
- gay
- humorous
- ingenious
- intelligent
- jocose
- jocular
- keen
- lively
- original
- penetrating
- piercing
- piquant
- quick-witted
- ridiculous
- scintillating
- slapstick
- sparkling
- waggish
- whimsical
- diverting
- campy
- joshing
- screaming
- unexpected
- mocking
- incongruous
- twisted
- sardonic
- ridiculous
- satiric
- caustic
- satirical
- wry
- arrogant
- acrid
- alert
- backbiting
- biting
- bitter
- burlesque
- clever
- contemptuous
- contradictory
- critical
- cutting
- cynical
- defiant
- derisive
- disparaging
- exaggerated
- implausible
- incisive
- keen
- mordant
- pungent
- quick-witted
- scathing
- sharp
- sneering
- spicy
- trenchant
- witty
- ironical
- scoffing
- paradoxical
- chaffing
- double-edged
- uncomplimentary
- brilliant
- sharp
- smart
- acute
- advanced
- alert
- astute
- aware
- brainy
- clever
- discerning
- ingenious
- inventive
- keen
- knowing
- precocious
- quick
- quick-witted
- whiz kid
- wide-awake
- Einstein
- clear-headed
- eggheaded
- having smarts
- ingenious
- inventive
- talented
- gifted
- bright
- accomplished
- astute
- sharp
- smart
- acute
- brainy
- clever
- discerning
- expert
- genius
- intellectual
- knowing
- knowledgeable
- masterly
- penetrating
- profound
- quick
- quick-witted
- whip
- whiz kid
- Einstein
- eggheaded
- acute
- alert
- astute
- bright
- clever
- intelligent
- keen
- nimble
- on the ball
- perceptive
- quick
- quick-witted
- savvy
- sharp
- shrewd
- smart
- quick-thinking
- ingenious
- cautious
- wise
- sly
- adroit
- skillful
- shrewd
- frugal
- discreet
- cagey
- judicious
- subtle
- prudent
- intelligent
- astute
- able
- acute
- careful
- circumspect
- cunning
- dexterous
- foxy
- knowing
- perspicacious
- quick
- quick-witted
- sagacious
- slick
- slippery
- smart
- smooth
- street smart
- wary
- watchful
- with it
- worldly-wise
- having fancy footwork
- hep
- nimble-witted
- streetwise
- hardened
- astute
- cunning
- experienced
- on the ball
- quick-witted
- savvy
- seasoned
- shrewd
- worldly
- streetwise
- keen
- subtle
- intense
- sharp
- sensitive
- smart
- astute
- canny
- clever
- discerning
- discriminating
- incisive
- ingenious
- insightful
- intuitive
- judicious
- observant
- penetrating
- perspicacious
- piercing
- quick-witted
- penetrating
- incisive
- trenchant
- discerning
- piercing
- perceptive
- subtle
- astute
- insightful
- keen
- smart
- discriminating
- canny
- clever
- ingenious
- intense
- intuitive
- judicious
- observant
- perspicacious
- quick-witted
- sensitive
- sharp
- adept
- adroit
- alert
- astute
- brainy
- cagey
- canny
- capable
- competent
- crackerjack
- discerning
- egghead
- expert
- foxy
- gifted
- intelligent
- inventive
- knowing
- knowledgeable
- many-sided
- nimble
- pretty
- pro
- quick-witted
- rational
- resourceful
- sagacious
- savvy
- sensible
- shrewd
- skilled
- skillful
- slick
- sly
- sprightly
- talented
- versatile
- wise
- witty
- able
- apt
- brilliant
- cunning
- deep
- dexterous/dextrous
- good
- handy
- keen
- qualified
- quick
- quick on trigger
- sharp
- smart
- nobody's fool
- proficient
- nimble
- skillful
- masterful
- deft
- artful
- adept
- apt
- clean
- clever
- crack
- crackerjack
- cunning
- cute
- dexterous
- expert
- foxy
- good
- handy
- ingenious
- neat
- nifty
- on the ball
- quick-witted
- savvy
- sharp
- slick
- smart
- whiz
- wizard
- up
- hot tamale
- on the beam
- quick on the trigger
- quick on the uptake
- up to speed
- rapid
- energetic
- frisky
- limber
- athletic
- buoyant
- spirited
- lithe
- lively
- sprightly
- quick
- sharp
- supple
- active
- acute
- alert
- brisk
- clever
- dexterous
- fleet
- mercurial
- prompt
- quick-witted
- ready
- sportive
- spry
- stirring
- swift
- vigorous
- vivacious
- zippy
- winged
- bustling
- easy-moving
- quick on the draw
- quick on the trigger
- spright
- twinkle toes
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antonyms for quickwitted
MOST RELEVANT
- uncareful
- thoughtless
- careless
- unreasonable
- senseless
- reckless
- nonsensical
- injudicious
- idiotic
- hasty
- foolish
- inattentive
- irrational
- unsound
- rash
- ignorant
- stupid
- incautious
- imprudent
- unwise
- unrealistic
- indiscreet
- obtuse
- unenthusiastic
- nice
- sweet
- blunt
- moderate
- mild
- dull
- stupid
- ignorant
- idiotic
- pointless
- uninterested
- reluctant
- soothing
- kind
- unstylish
- dull
- slow
- poor
- unknowing
- inexperienced
- kind
- lazy
- unskilled
- ignorant
- unintelligent
- unaware
- stupid
- slow
- dull
- unknowledgeable
- unreasonable
- uneducated
- uninformed
- neglectful
- unaware
- unintelligent
- stupid
- foolish
- unsophisticated
- inexperienced
- ignorant
- unwise
- senseless
- unhandy
- undexterous
- slow
- stiff
- inept
- awkward
- lumbering
- sluggish
- stupid
- unskilled
- ignorant
- unskillful
- clumsy
- dull
- blunt
- slow
- inept
- weak
- uneducated
- sluggish
- clumsy
- unintelligent
- ignorant
- lazy
- stupid
- useless
- ineffective
- inactive
- impotent
- idle
- untrained
- unripe
- unready
- blunt
- slow
- dull
- uneducated
- unwilling
- disinclined
- unsuitable
- unprepared
- unavailable
- immature
- lethargic
- inactive
- boring
- apathetic
- unskilled
- sluggish
- lazy
- ignorant
- stupid
- unstylish
- slow
- obtuse
- dull
- blunt
- unreasonable
- inept
- unthinking
- naive
- frivolous
- honest
- foolish
- unintelligent
- idiotic
- unwise
- senseless
- stupid
- ignorant
- unstylish
- unfashionable
- old
- blunt
- obtuse
- slow
- normal
- dull
- dark
- light
- lethargic
- apathetic
- worn
- dowdy
- sluggish
- unskilled
- honest
- lazy
- naive
- clumsy
- unaware
- typical
- unintelligent
- stupid
- ignorant
- foolish
- light
- normal
- unhappy
- depressed
- unpromising
- gloomy
- black
- obscure
- dark
- unstylish
- slow
- dull
- pastel
- pale
- typical
- doleful
- threatening
- horrible
- depressing
- unaware
- murky
- dusky
- cloudy
- somber
- dreary
- unintelligent
- stupid
- open
- uncareful
- thoughtless
- careless
- inept
- awkward
- silly
- imbecile
- idiotic
- reckless
- unskilled
- honest
- unwise
- unintelligent
- foolish
- rash
- incautious
- imprudent
- hasty
- stupid
- ignorant
- not serious
- slow
- obtuse
- insensitive
- imperceptive
- dense
- moderate
- mild
- calm
- dull
- blunt
- unimportant
- honest
- forthright
- stupid
- ignorant
- brittle
- dull
- stiff
- down
- depressed
- lifeless
- slow
- clumsy
- stupid
- ignorant
- dispirited
- apathetic
- rigid
- sluggish
- lethargic
- lazy
- inactive
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How to use quickwitted in a sentence
She is a very quickwitted, pleasantly natured girl, and I am extremely fond of her.
VAGABONDIAFRANCES HODGSON BURNETTAlan Hawke knew very well at heart what the quickwitted woman would know.
A FASCINATING TRAITORRICHARD HENRY SAVAGEWalter calls it a piece of American effrontery, but I call it quickwitted, don't you?
IN CHTEAU LANDANNE HOLLINGSWORTH WHARTONJohn was quickwitted, and he instantly decided upon the course proper to be pursued.
PAUL PRESCOTT'S CHARGEHORATIO ALGERBut, as usual with spirits so quickwitted and resolute, it was but for a moment.
HARD CASHCHARLES READEHe discovered there were people in New York just as quickwitted, as keen, and as shrewd as he was himself.
THE CONTINENTAL MONTHLY, VOL. 3 NO 2, FEBRUARY 1863VARIOUSBut though quickwitted and alert on the battlefield, he never shone in strategy.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONI thinks daddy was outdone with me, 'cause I was not quickwitted and smart, lak him.
SLAVE NARRATIVES VOL. XIV. SOUTH CAROLINA, PART 1VARIOUSFear makes an uneducated Englishman suspicious, quickwitted and surly.
"CONTEMPTIBLE""CASUALTY"When Fortune jested she found in him quickwitted loving audience.
THE KING'S MIRRORANTHONY HOPE