English noun: wittiness |
1. | wittiness (communication) a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter |
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| Synonyms | humor, humour, wit, witticism |
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| Broader (hypernym) | content, message, subject matter, substance |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bite, bon mot, caricature, cartoon, caustic remark, esprit de l'escalier, fun, gag, imitation, impersonation, irony, jape, jest, jeu d'esprit, joke, laugh, mot, play, pungency, repartee, ribaldry, sarcasm, satire, sketch, sport, topper |
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| Domain usage members | libation, roaster |
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