To wit is a phrase that means "namely" or "that is to say." Its antonyms include terms like "in general," "generally," "in brief," and "in other words." These antonyms provide alternative ways to introduce specific information or ideas in everyday conversation or writing. Using antonyms for to wit can help add clarity and concision to one's statements, allowing the reader or listener to better follow along with the intended message. When looking to provide examples or explanations in a sentence or paragraph, it's important to consider using one of the various antonyms for to wit instead of always relying on the same phrase.

What are the antonyms for To wit?

• adv.

  • namely
  • broadly
  ,
  • commonly
  ,
  • generally
  ,
  • usually
  .

Famous quotes with To wit

• Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence.

  Thomas Jefferson
• But assuming the same premises, to wit, that all men are equal by the law of nature and of nations, the right of property in slaves falls to the ground; for one who is equal to another cannot be the owner or property of that other.

  William H. Seward
• There are nine orders of angels, to wit, angels, archangels, virtues, powers, principalities, dominations, thrones, cherubim, and seraphim.

  Pope Gregory The Great
• Early in life, most of us probably observe an unhappy relationship between labor and wealth — to wit, the heavier the labor, the less the wealth. The man doing heavy manual work makes less than the man who makes a machine work for him, and this man makes less than the man sitting at a desk. The really rich people, the kind who go around on yachts and collect old books and new wives, do no labor at all. The economic reasons for dividing the money this way are clear enough. One, it has always been done that way; and two, it's too hard to change at this late date. But the puzzling question is why, since the money is parceled out on this principle, young people are constantly being pummeled to take up a life of labor. In any sensible world, the young would be told they could labor if they wanted to, but warned that if they did so it would cost them.

  Russell Baker
• ... confess now- could you lie with the wife of your friend? could you debauch his sister? could you defraud a poor creditor? could you by gambling rejoice in the outwitting a novice of all his possessions?- No! why then thou art a silly fellow, incumbered with three abominable inmates; to wit- Conscience, Honesty, and Good-nature

  Ignatius Sancho

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Related words: to wit, to that end, to which end, to what degree, to what end, to what measure

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