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Noun: wits  wits
  1. The basic human power of intelligent thought and perception
    "he used his wits to get ahead"; "I was scared out of my wits";
    - marbles
Noun: wit  wit
  1. A message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
    - humor [US], humour [Brit, Cdn], witticism, wittiness, drollness
     
  2. Mental ability
    "he's got plenty of wits but no common sense";
    - brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, smarts [N. Amer, Austral, informal]
     
  3. A witty amusing person who makes jokes
    - wag, card, dag [US, Austral, informal]

Sounds like: wit, wits

Type of: content, humorist, intelligence, message, subject matter, substance

Encyclopedia: Wits

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