Definitions For Quickwitted

Adjective

mental, mentally keen and alert. : Synonym: quick on the uptake, sharp-witted, Thesaurus:intelligent : {{ant, en, slow-witted, slow on the uptake, Thesaurus:stupid}} : {{ux, en, She was far too quick-witted to miss the implications of what he was saying.}}

Derived terms

quickwittedly quickwittedness

Translations

Asturian: cuciu Bulgarian: схватлив, находчив Chinese: : Mandarin: 機智, tr=jīzhì, 聰明, tr=cōngmíng Dutch: scherp van geest Finnish: nokkela, terävä, nopeaälyinen Galician: perspicaz German: geistesgegenwärtig, schlagfertig Italian: sveglio, acuto, perspicace, sagace, svelto, lesto d'ingegno Maori: atamai, ngutu atamai Polish: błyskotliwy Portuguese: perspicaz Russian: поня́тливый, сообрази́тельный, дога́дливый, нахо́дчивый Swedish: kvicktänkt, snabbtänkt Ukrainian: кмітли́вий {{C, en, Personality}}

Alternative forms

{{alt, en, quick-witted}}

Etymology

{{com+, en, quick, witted}}.