quickwitted

English

Alternative forms

• quick-witted

Etymology

Compound of quick +‎ witted.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkwɪkˈwɪt.ɪd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkwɪkˈwɪt.ɪd/, [ˌkwɪkˈwɪɾ.ɪd]

Adjective

quickwitted (comparative more quickwitted, superlative most quickwitted)

1. Mentally keen and alert.

   Synonyms: quick on the uptake, sharp-witted; see also Thesaurus:intelligent

   Antonyms: slow-witted, slow on the uptake; see also Thesaurus:stupid

   She was far too quick-witted to miss the implications of what he was saying.

Derived terms

• quickwittedly
• quickwittedness

Translations

mentally keen

Asturian: cuciu Bulgarian: схватлив (bg) (shvatliv), находчив (bg) (nahodčiv) Chinese: Mandarin: 機智 / 机智 (zh) (jīzhì), 聰明 / 聪明 (zh) (cōngmíng) Dutch: scherp van geest Finnish: nokkela (fi), terävä (fi), nopeaälyinen (fi) Galician: perspicaz (gl) German: geistesgegenwärtig (de), schlagfertig (de) Italian: sveglio (it), acuto (it), perspicace (it), sagace (it), svelto (it), lesto d'ingegno Maori: atamai, ngutu atamai Polish: błyskotliwy (pl) Portuguese: perspicaz (pt) Russian: поня́тливый (ru) (ponjátlivyj), сообрази́тельный (ru) (soobrazítelʹnyj), дога́дливый (ru) (dogádlivyj), нахо́дчивый (ru) (naxódčivyj) Swedish: kvicktänkt (sv), snabbtänkt (sv) Ukrainian: кмітли́вий (kmitlývyj)