quick-witted (Meaning)
quick-witted (s)
mentally nimble and resourceful
quick-witted (a.)
Having ready wit
Synonyms & Antonyms of quick-witted
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- unintelligent
- obtuse
- vacuous
- dorky
- slow-witted
- mindless
- dopey
- witless
- pinheaded
- dim
- feebleminded
- dumb
- thick
- slow
- lamebrain
- dopey
- brainless
- lamebrain
- witless
- foolish
- senseless
- simpleminded
- softheaded
- senseless
- weak-minded
- dunderheaded
- slow-witted
- pinheaded
- dense
- boneheaded
- doltish
- dunderheaded
- dim
- opaque
- simple
- thickheaded
- mindless
- brain-dead
- dense
- dumb
- lamebrained
- opaque
- softheaded
- boneheaded
- fatuous
- feebleminded
- simpleminded
- soft
- thick
- dorky
- slow
- dopy
- dopy
- soft
- stupid
- foolish
- brainless
- weak-minded
- lamebrained
- thickheaded
- simple
- stupid
- vacuous
- dull
- doltish
- unintelligent
- fatuous
- obtuse
- brain-dead
- dull
Synonyms:
- bright
- alert
- sharp-witted
- exceptional
- brainy
- educated
- cunning
- nimble
- skilled
- supersmart
- wise
- resourceful
- keen
Antonyms:
- airheaded
- lowbrow
- unbrilliant
- illiterate
- knuckleheaded
- zany
- unthinking
- illiterate
- mad
- imbecilic
- imbecilic
- crazy
- unsmart
- empty-headed
- gormless
- uninformed
- thick-witted
- lowbrow
- moronic
- unthinking
- gormless
- ignorant
- mad
- silly
- thick-witted
- untaught
- absurd
- idiotic
- half-witted
- dim-witted
- zany
- birdbrained
- ignorant
- unacademic
- knuckleheaded
- unbrilliant
- lunkheaded
- unacademic
- insane
- imbecile
- insane
- nonintellectual
- empty-headed
- birdbrained
- unintellectual
- uneducated
- chuckleheaded
- bubbleheaded
- uninformed
- uneducated
- half-witted
- unintellectual
- idiotic
- unsmart
- imbecile
- airheaded
- lunkheaded
- chuckleheaded
- absurd
- silly
- moronic
- dim-witted
- untaught
- unwise
- bubbleheaded
- nonintellectual
- crazy
- unwise
Synonyms:
- sapient
- literate
- schooled
- well-read
- knowledgeable
- learned
- perspicacious
- reasonable
- savvy
- prudent
- crafty
- rational
- knowing
- wily
- heady
- creative
- ingenious
- sane
- sagacious
- scholarly
- logical
- apt
- ultrasmart
- informed
- perceptive
- hyperintelligent
- trained
- cerebral
- astute
- highbrow
- judicious
- sage
- insightful
- erudite
- sound
- percipient
- shrewd
- acute
- sensible
- discerning
- genial
- inventive
Antonyms:
- kooky
- boobish
- daffy
- cuckoo
- boobish
- crackpot
- screwball
- harebrained
- lunatic
- asinine
- nonsensical
- cockeyed
- kooky
- wacky
- crackpot
- preposterous
- balmy
- lunatic
- harebrained
- cuckoo
- looney
- nutty
- dippy
- fool
- preposterous
- sappy
- half-baked
- asinine
- dippy
- looney
- dotty
- idiotical
- fool
- nutty
- loony
- nonsensical
- idiotical
- dotty
- loony
- wacky
- daft
- daft
- sappy
- cockeyed
- whacky
- half-baked
- screwball
- balmy
- daffy
- whacky
quick-witted Sentence Examples
- Sarah's quick-witted response defused the tension in the room during the heated debate.
- His quick-witted humor always kept the conversation lively and entertaining.
- The detective's quick-witted observations led to the breakthrough in the case.
- Even under pressure, she remained impressively quick-witted, finding solutions to problems on the fly.
- Jack's reputation as a quick-witted comedian earned him a loyal following of fans.
- Her quick-witted remarks often left her friends in stitches with laughter.
- The quick-witted student was always the first to answer questions in class.
- His quick-wittedness in negotiations often gave him the upper hand in business deals.
- The quick-witted improvisation of the actors saved the scene from disaster.
- As a quick-witted journalist, she could extract information from even the most reticent interviewees.
FAQs About the word quick-witted
mentally nimble and resourcefulHaving ready wit
intelligent, brilliant, sharp, quick, clever, fast, smart, bright, alert, sharp-witted
unintelligent, obtuse, vacuous, dorky, slow-witted, mindless, dopey, witless, pinheaded, dim
Sarah's quick-witted response defused the tension in the room during the heated debate.
His quick-witted humor always kept the conversation lively and entertaining.
The detective's quick-witted observations led to the breakthrough in the case.
Even under pressure, she remained impressively quick-witted, finding solutions to problems on the fly.
