quick-witted

English

Adjective

quick-witted (comparative more quick-witted, superlative most quick-witted)

1. Mentally keen, alert, sharp, agile, and nimble.

   She was far too quick-witted to miss the implications of what he was saying.

Related terms

• witty

Translations

mentally keen

• Asturian: cuciu (ast)
• Dutch: scherp van geest (nl)
• Finnish: nokkela (1), terävä (1), nopeaälyinen (1)

• Russian: понятливый (ru) (ponjátlivyj) , сообразительный (ru) (soobrazítelʹnyj) , догадливый (ru) (dogádlivyj) , находчивый (ru) (naxódčivyj)