ADJ
- great
- quick, ready
- acerbic, barbed, biting, caustic, dry, sarcastic, sardonic, scathing, sharp, wicked
- gentle
- dazzling, sparkling
PHRASES
- wit and wisdom
- a book full of the wit and wisdom of his 30 years in politics
ADJ
- native
- She had to use all her native wit to convince the police
VERB + WIT
- have
- I hope he's got the wit to take the key with him
PHRASES
- beyond the wit of man (= impossible)
- It should not be beyond the wit of man to resolve this dispute
VERB + WIT
- gather, recover
- She couldn't seem to gather her wits and tell us what had happened
- blunt, dull
- Living alone in the country had dulled his wits
- sharpen
PHRASES
- a battle of wits
- The strike developed into a battle of wits between management and workers
- have/keep your wits about you
- They do tough interviews so you'll need to have your wits about you
- pit your wits against sb
- Celebrity teams pit their wits against each other in this lively quiz show
