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: 機智きち／机つくえ智さとし (zh) (jīzhì), 聰明そうめい／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)