quick-witted

/'kwik'witid/

Thân thiện

She impressed everyone with a quick-witted reply during the meeting.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Mentally nimble and resourceful: Able to think and respond rapidly and effectively, especially in challenging or unexpected situations. Characterized by sharp intelligence and the ability to solve problems or make clever remarks with speed.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The quick-witted student had a clever answer for every question the professor posed.
  • Her quick-witted response defused the tension in the room.
  • You need to be quick-witted to succeed in a fast-paced debate.

Advanced Usage

• "to be quick-witted": Describes a person's inherent characteristic of mental agility.
  • He is naturally quick-witted, so he excels in improvisational comedy.
• "with quick-witted [noun]": Used to describe an action performed with mental speed.
  • She handled the crisis with quick-witted efficiency.

Variants and Related Words

• Quick-wittedness (n): The quality of being quick-witted.
  • Her quick-wittedness saved the company from a public relations disaster.

Synonyms

• Sharp: Having or showing a quick intelligence.
• Astute: Having an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one's advantage.
• Clever: Quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas.

Antonyms

• Slow-witted: Not quick to understand; dull.
• Obtuse: Annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. mentally nimble and resourceful
   • quick-witted debater
   • saved an embarrassing situation with quick-witted tact