sharp-witted

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

sharp-witted

Where it comes from

From sharp + witted.

adjective more sharp-witted · most sharp-witted · sharpwitted

Clever, keen of intellect, swift of thought.
Similar: quickwitted, astute, brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, educated, genius, gifted, hivey, ingenious, intellectual · Opposite: dull-witted, addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, bee-brained, beef-witted, soft, beefheaded, beetle-headed, birdbrained, blockheaded, Boeotian

Translations

Every language

adj clever, keen of intellect, swift of thought

Deutsch	scharfsinnig
Русский	остроу́мный ostroúmnyj, смышлёный smyšljónyj, сметли́вый smetlívyj, смека́листый smekálistyj

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"sharp-witted." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sharp-witted. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

sharp-witted. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sharp-witted

Chicago

"sharp-witted." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sharp-witted.

BibTeX

@misc{sharp_witted_2026,
  title = {sharp-witted},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sharp-witted},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}