REPARTEE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Adroitness and cleverness in reply

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("repartee" is a kind of...):

humor; humour; wit; witticism; wittiness (a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "repartee"):

backchat; banter; give-and-take; raillery (light teasing repartee)

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