wit

意味: 機知、ユーモア

例文: Aki’s wit sparkled more brightly than her paintbrush.
　　  アキの機知は筆先よりも輝いていた。

定義: 巧妙さ、話術または不合理さが笑いを引き起こすメッセージ

コロケーション:

witは100,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
Noun: mental ability
Noun: a witty amusing person who makes jokes

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun

Examples(例文)

Noun: he’s got plenty of brains but no common sense

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): brain, brainpower, card, humor, humour, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wag, wit, witticism, wittiness

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): humorist, intelligence, message

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): acknowledgment, acuteness, approval, body, brain, breadth, brightness, brilliance, commitment, corker, digression, direction, disapproval, disrespect, drivel, guidance, information, interpolation, latent content, meaning, memorial, mental quickness, mind, narrative, nimbleness, nonsense, nonverbal intelligence, offer, opinion, parodist, precociousness, promotion, proposal, punster, refusal, reminder, request, respects, satirist, sensationalism, shocker, shrewdness, statement, subject, submission, verbal intelligence, wag, wit, wits

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): bon mot, caricature, cartoon, esprit de l’escalier, fun, jeu d’esprit, joke, pungency, repartee, ribaldry, sarcasm, topper

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: brainy, humorist, humorous, humourist, humourous, mental, witty

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: psychology

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: general

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Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

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Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: positive