wits

NOUN

humor

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fun joke satire

STRONG

aphorism badinage banter burlesque drollery facetiousness gag jest jocularity lark levity pleasantry prank pun quip raillery repartee sally trick whimsicality wisecrack wittiness wordplay

WEAK

bon mot practical joke

Antonyms

STRONG

seriousness

NOUN

person who is very funny

Synonyms

STRONG

card comedian comic humorist jester joker jokester madcap punster trickster wag

WEAK

a million laughs banterer cutup epigrammatist farceur funster gag person jokesmith life of the party quipster wisecracker

Antonyms

WEAK

seriousness

Example Sentences

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For those who retain their wits, the open questions are still interesting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Nanos warned residents in Guthrie's affluent Catalina Foothills neighbourhood to "keep your wits about you".

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

I am reasonably educated, and at 64, I still have most of my wits.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

They talk about all of the things that have been left unsaid, buried by their never-ending battle of wits.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026

I recalled his singular conduct of yesterday, and really I began to fear his wits were touched.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë