witty
Quick with quips
Witty describes someone or something marked by quick, clever humor—the ability to make unexpected verbal connections that amuse: a witty remark, a witty conversationalist.
Wit implies mental sharpness rather than broad comedy; witty observations tend toward the pointed or sardonic.
She's too witty for her own good sometimes.
Provoking laughter or suspicion
- amusingCausing light laughter
- drollOddly humorous
- comicalCausing laughter
- entertainingProviding amusement or enjoyment
lighthearted · whimsical · mirthful · jocular · facetious · waggish · wry · playful
Quick, clever conversation
- quipsBrief witty remarks
- wordplayVerbal wit techniques
- punsJokes using sound similarities
- one-linersBrief comedic remarks
comeback · retort · riposte · jesting · raillery · persiflage · teasing · ribbing
Sharply analytical
- bitingHarshly critical or cold
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
- acerbicSharp and biting
- sardonicGrimly mocking
trenchant · pointed · piercing · razor-sharp · caustic · barbed · stinging · tart
Meaning opposite to words
- sarcasmIrony used to mock
- parodySatirical imitation
- lampoonHarsh public mockery
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
caricature · spoof · critique · send-up · skewering · Wildean · Swift · Voltaire
Fast at thinking
- sharp-tonguedGiven to cutting remarks
- ingeniousCleverly original in design
- astuteMentally sharp, discerning
- keenSharp or enthusiastic
perceptive · smart · adroit · inventive · resourceful · subtle · sophisticated · epigrammatic
funny
Provoking laughter or suspicion
entertaining · lighthearted · whimsical · mirthful · jocular · facetious · waggish · wry · playful · charming
repartee
Quick, clever conversation
one-liners · comeback · retort · riposte · jesting · raillery · persiflage · teasing · ribbing · badinage
incisive
Sharply analytical
sardonic · trenchant · pointed · piercing · razor-sharp · caustic · barbed · stinging · tart · snarky
irony
Meaning opposite to words
mockery · caricature · spoof · critique · send-up · skewering · Wildean · Swift · Voltaire · Twain
quick-witted
Fast at thinking
- sharp-tonguedGiven to cutting remarks
- ingeniousCleverly original in design
- astuteMentally sharp, discerning
keen · perceptive · smart · adroit · inventive · resourceful · subtle · sophisticated · epigrammatic · aphoristic
- funnyfunny, comical, hilarious, humorous, amusing
- complimentssmart, talented, beautiful, funny, awesome
- slang traitsbossy, brainy, bubbly, chatty, cheeky
- speaking stylesarticulate, blunt, candid, conversational, casual
- verbal qualitieseloquence, fluency, articulate, clarity, coherence
- wisecrackerssmart aleck, smartass, smartmouth, smartypants, wisecracker
wittystupid
Lacking intelligence or judgment
dull-witted · dense · dim · brainless · slow-witted
- witness intimidationThreatening courtroom testifiers
- wits' endLimit of mental resources
- at wit's endUtterly without solutions
- wit's endLimit of patience
- bear witnessGive evidence formally
- dry witUnderstated, ironic humor
wit, witness, wits, nitwit, dimwit, outwit, witless, witticism, wittiness