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quickwitted

UK/ˌkwɪkˈwɪt.ɪd/US/ˌkwɪkˈwɪt.ɪd/

quickwitted adjective: mentally keen and alert.

Adjective

quickwitted (comparative more quickwitted, superlative most quickwitted)

  1. Mentally keen and alert.
    • She was far too quick-witted to miss the implications of what he was saying.

quickwitted meaning in Hindi and Tamil

quickwitted in Hindi

quickwitted, quick-thinking
हाज़िरजवाब hāzirjavāb

quickwitted in Tamil

விரைதிறச் சிந்தனையாற்றலுடைய, செயல் இலக்குள்ள, வல்லிய எண்ணத்திறன் வாய்ந்த

Synonyms of quickwitted

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Antonyms

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Forms of quickwitted

comparativemore quickwitted
superlativemost quickwitted
alternative formquick-witted

Origin of quickwitted

Compound of quick + witted.

Words formed from quickwitted

Questions about quickwitted

What does quickwitted mean?
Quickwitted means mentally keen and alert.
What is quickwitted in Hindi?
Quickwitted in Hindi is हाज़िरजवाब (hāzirjavāb). See Quickwitted meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is quickwitted?
Quickwitted is an adjective.
How do you pronounce quickwitted?
Quickwitted is pronounced /ˌkwɪkˈwɪt.ɪd/ (UK).

Words near quickwitted in the dictionary

  1. quickthorns
  2. quickwater
  3. quickwaters
  4. quickweed
  5. quickweeds
  6. quickwitted
  7. quickwittedly
  8. quickwittedness
  9. quickwood
  10. quickwork
  11. quickworks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: quickwitted (page history and authors); हाज़िरजवाब (Hindi) (page history and authors); quickwitted (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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