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twit
Overview of noun twit
The noun twit has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. twerp, twirp, twit -- (someone who is regarded as contemptible)
2. twit, taunt, taunting -- (aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing)
Overview of verb twit
The verb twit has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride -- (harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun twit
2 senses of twit
Sense 1
twerp, twirp, twit
=> simpleton, simple
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
twit, taunt, taunting
=> aggravation, irritation, provocation
=> aggression
=> behavior, behaviour, conduct, doings
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun twit
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun twit
2 senses of twit
Sense 1
twerp, twirp, twit
=> simpleton, simple
Sense 2
twit, taunt, taunting
=> aggravation, irritation, provocation
Antonyms of noun twit
Member Holonyms of noun twit
Substance Holonyms of noun twit
Part Holonyms of noun twit
Member Meronyms of noun twit
Substance Meronyms of noun twit
Part Meronyms of noun twit
Meronyms of noun twit
Holonyms of noun twit
Attributes of noun twit
Derived Forms of noun twit
1 of 2 senses of twit
Sense 2
twit, taunt, taunting
RELATED TO>(verb) twit#1
=> tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride
Domain of noun twit
Domain Terms of noun twit
Familiarity of noun twit
twit used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun twit
2 senses of twit
Sense 1
twerp, twirp, twit
> simpleton, simple
=> airhead
=> dimwit, nitwit, half-wit, doofus
=> dingbat
=> dumbbell, dummy, dope, boob, booby, pinhead
=> dunce, dunderhead, numskull, blockhead, bonehead, lunkhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, muttonhead, shithead, dumbass, fuckhead
=> fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool
=> idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit, retard
=> idiot savant
=> nebbish, nebbech
=> nincompoop, poop, ninny
=> scatterbrain, forgetful person
=> schlemiel, shlemiel
=> schlepper, shlepper, schlep, shlep
=> schnook, shnook
=> sheep
=> space cadet
=> square, lame
=> stupid, stupid person, stupe, dullard, dolt, pudding head, pudden-head, poor fish, pillock
=> subnormal
=> twerp, twirp, twit
Sense 2
twit, taunt, taunting
> aggravation, irritation, provocation
=> aggro
=> last straw
=> twit, taunt, taunting
Meronyms of noun twit
2 senses of twit
Sense 1
twerp, twirp, twit
=> simpleton, simple
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun twit
Grep of noun twit
nitwit
twit
twitch
twitching
twitter
twitterer
Antonyms of verb twit
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb twit
1 sense of twit
Sense 1
tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride
=> mock, bemock
=> treat, handle, do by
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb twit
1 sense of twit
Sense 1
tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride
=> jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe
=> kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb twit
1 sense of twit
Sense 1
tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride
=> mock, bemock
'Cause To' of verb twit
Derived Forms of verb twit
1 sense of twit
Sense 1
tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride
RELATED TO>(noun) twit#2
=> twit, taunt, taunting
Domain of verb twit
Domain Terms of verb twit
Familiarity of verb twit
twit used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb twit
1 sense of twit
Sense 1
tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb twit
1 sense of twit
Sense 1
tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride
> mock, bemock
=> tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride
=> ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun
=> deride
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb twit
Sense 1
tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride
=> mock, bemock
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Grep of verb twit
outwit
twit
twitch
twitter
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