sharp-witted Sentence Examples
- Emily's sharp-witted remarks kept everyone on their toes during the meeting.
- The detective had a reputation for his sharp-witted deductions, which often led to successful investigations.
- The sharp-witted child promptly answered the teacher's most difficult question.
- The comedian's sharp-witted humor brought the audience to tears.
- The journalist was known for her sharp-witted takedowns of prominent figures.
- The business leader's sharp-witted decision-making guided the company through challenging times.
- The student's sharp-witted essay earned her top honors in the writing competition.
- The writer's sharp-witted short stories were both entertaining and thought-provoking.
- The politician's sharp-witted debates often overshadowed their actual policy positions.
- The researcher's sharp-witted observations led to groundbreaking discoveries in the field of medicine.
sharp-witted Meaning
sharp-witted (a.)
Having an acute or nicely discerning mind.
Synonyms & Antonyms of sharp-witted
Synonyms:
- hardheaded
- insightful
- savvy
- keen
- clear-sighted
- clever
- intelligent
- knowing
- wily
- slick
- sharp
- veteran
- bright
- heady
- experienced
- clear-eyed
- cunning
- sagacious
- quick
- hard-boiled
- wise
- canny
- perceptive
- brilliant
Antonyms:
- feebleminded
- dopey
- thickheaded
- dense
- unintelligent
- gullable
- witless
- slow
- simple
- weak-minded
- feebleminded
- silly
- foolish
- dopey
- unperceptive
- idiotic
- stupid
- dense
- ignorant
- exploitable
- obtuse
- brainless
- ignorant
- thoughtless
- stupid
- imbecilic
- dumb
- gullable
- moronic
- slow
- silly
- dull
- moronic
- imbecilic
- weak-minded
- dumb
- obtuse
- imbecile
- witless
- brain-dead
- exploitable
- foolish
- brain-dead
- dull
- brainless
- thoughtless
- simple
- unperceptive
- idiotic
- unintelligent
- imbecile
- thickheaded
Synonyms:
- sharp-sighted
- discerning
- agile
- calculating
- artful
- sharp-eyed
- brainy
- crafty
- discriminative
- tricky
- subtle
- sly
- foxy
- resourceful
- cagy
- sapient
- quick-witted
- pawky
- discriminating
- guileful
- alert
- dodgy
- nimble
- apt
- sage
- ingenious
- perspicacious
- scheming
- percipient
- devious
- cagey
Antonyms:
- uninformed
- thick-witted
- dim-witted
- softheaded
- slow-witted
- dopy
- lunkheaded
- idiotical
- dopy
- lunkheaded
- idiotical
- lamebrain
- half-witted
- half-witted
- lamebrained
- thick-witted
- uninformed
- airheaded
- knuckleheaded
- lamebrained
- empty-headed
- knuckleheaded
- softheaded
- gormless
- airheaded
- slow-witted
- empty-headed
- birdbrained
- dim-witted
- birdbrained
- gormless
- lamebrain
FAQs About the word sharp-witted
Having an acute or nicely discerning mind.
astute,smart, shrewd, hardheaded, insightful, savvy, keen, clear-sighted, clever, intelligent
guileless, ingenuous, naive, unwise, innocent, gullible, naïve, unknowing, naïve, unknowing
Emily's sharp-witted remarks kept everyone on their toes during the meeting.
The detective had a reputation for his sharp-witted deductions, which often led to successful investigations.
The sharp-witted child promptly answered the teacher's most difficult question.
The comedian's sharp-witted humor brought the audience to tears.
