repartee

English Thesaurus

1. adroitness and cleverness in reply (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	humor, humour, wit, witticism, wittiness,
definition	:	a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	backchat, banter, give-and-take, raillery,
definition	:	light teasing repartee (noun.communication)