All quickwittedness synonyms

noun quickwittedness

• deftness — dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever: deft hands; a deft mechanic.
• cleverness — mentally bright; having sharp or quick intelligence; able.
• dexterity — Dexterity is skill in using your hands, or sometimes your mind.
• quickness — done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
• sharpness — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
• swiftness — moving or capable of moving with great speed or velocity; fleet; rapid: a swift ship.
• activity — Activity is a situation in which a lot of things are happening or being done.
• acuteness — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
• adroitness — expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
• alacrity — If you do something with alacrity, you do it quickly and eagerly.
• alertness — fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen: an alert mind.
• briskness — quick and active; lively: brisk trading; a brisk walk.
• celerity — rapidity; swiftness; speed
• dispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
• expedition — A journey or voyage undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose, especially that of exploration, scientific research, or war.
• fleetness — swift; rapid: to be fleet of foot; a fleet horse.
• friskiness — The characteristic or quality of being frisky.
• litheness — The property of being lithe.
• liveliness — full or suggestive of life or vital energy; active, vigorous, or brisk: a lively discussion.
• promptitude — promptness.
• promptness — done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
• sprightliness — animated or vivacious; lively.
• suppleness — bending readily without breaking or becoming deformed; pliant; flexible: a supple bough.
• spryness — active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
• ability — Your ability to do something is the fact that you can do it.
• capability — If you have the capability or the capabilities to do something, you have the ability or the qualities that are necessary to do it.
• capital — Capital is a large sum of money which you use to start a business, or which you invest in order to make more money.
• means — to have in mind as one's purpose or intention; intend: I meant to compliment you on your work. Synonyms: contemplate.
• property — that which a person owns; the possession or possessions of a particular owner: They lost all their property in the fire.
• reserve — to keep back or save for future use, disposal, treatment, etc.
• source — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
• support — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
• system — an assemblage or combination of things or parts forming a complex or unitary whole: a mountain system; a railroad system.
• talent — a special natural ability or aptitude: a talent for drawing.
• wealth — a great quantity or store of money, valuable possessions, property, or other riches: the wealth of a city.
• appliance — An appliance is a device or machine in your home that you use to do a job such as cleaning or cooking. Appliances are often electrical.
• artifice — Artifice is the clever use of tricks and devices.
• assets — the property and claims against debtors that a business enterprise may apply to discharge its liabilities. Assets may be fixed, current, liquid, or intangible and are shown balanced against liabilities
• contraption — You can refer to a device or machine as a contraption, especially when it looks strange or you do not know what it is used for.
• contrivance — If you describe something as a contrivance, you disapprove of it because it is unnecessary and artificial.
• course — Course is often used in the expression 'of course', or instead of 'of course' in informal spoken English. See of course.
• creation — In many religions, creation is the making of the universe, Earth, and creatures by God.
• device — A device is an object that has been invented for a particular purpose, for example for recording or measuring something.
• expedient — (of an action) Convenient and practical, although possibly improper or immoral.
• fortune — position in life as determined by wealth: to make one's fortune.
• hoard — a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
• ingenuity — the quality of being cleverly inventive or resourceful; inventiveness: a designer of great ingenuity.
• initiative — an introductory act or step; leading action: to take the initiative in making friends.
• inventiveness — apt at inventing, devising, or contriving.
• makeshift — a temporary expedient or substitute: We used boxes as a makeshift while the kitchen chairs were being painted.