Wit and Zany

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Wit noun - A person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor.

Usage example: the pundits and political wits will get a lot of mileage out of the senator's latest gaffe

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Zany and wit are semantically related in laughter topic. In some cases you can use "Zany" instead a noun "Wit".

Nearby Words: witty, witling

Zany noun - A comically dressed performer (as at a circus) who entertains with playful tricks and ridiculous behavior.

Usage example: hired a zany to entertain the children at the birthday party

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Wit and zany are semantically related in laughter topic. Sometimes you can use "Wit" instead a noun "Zany".

To wit, the focus of the show has shifted from the quartet going around capturing ghosts (some of which are truly malicious) to Slimer constantly trying to evade a mad scientist who wishes to capture him for research via zany schemes.

Source: Lighter And Softer / Western Animation
Grouchy Leonard Blue runs a second hand record shop with his half-wit, mustachioed assistant Danny... [Manny laughs] Bernard: When this zany pair team up with bitchy, neurotic neighbour Pam, things are sure to be a riot of laughs.

Source: Self-Parody
Reading Elizabeth Inchbald's ''Lovers' Vows'' — the play Tom, his sisters, and friends form a Zany Scheme of performing — makes Austen's wit, sarcasm, irony, and commentary twice as clear (and enjoyable).

Source: Literature / Mansfield Park

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