quick-witted

1. 1.

   mentally nimble and resourceful

   “quick-witted debater”

   “saved an embarrassing situation with quick-witted tact”

   Similaradroit

Questions about quick-witted

What does quick-witted mean?

quick-witted means "mentally nimble and resourceful".

How many syllables are in quick-witted?

quick-witted has 3 syllables and divides as quic-k-wit-ted under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is quick-witted a common word?

quick-witted is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.