savvy — OET · Shobdo

savvy informal

noun

much will depend on his political savvy:

shrewdness, astuteness, sharp-wittedness, sharpness, acuteness, acumen, acuity, intelligence, wit, canniness, common sense, discernment, insight, understanding, penetration, perception, perceptiveness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness, knowledge, sagacity, sageness;

informal nous, horse sense;

rare sapience, arguteness.

▷antonyms inexperience, ignorance.

verb

he knew she had been making a fool of him, but he didn't quite savvy how:

realize, understand, comprehend, grasp, see, know, apprehend;

informal get, get a fix on, catch on, latch on, cotton on;

British, informal twig, suss.

adjective

Bob is a savvy veteran who knows all the tricks:

shrewd, astute, sharp-witted, sharp, acute, intelligent, clever, canny, media-savvy, perceptive, perspicacious, sagacious, sage;

informal on the ball, smart, streetwise;

Scottish, & Northern English, informal pawky;

North American, informal heads-up, whip-smart;

rare long-headed, sapient, argute.

▷antonyms stupid, gullible.

savvy Oxford Dictionary of English