savvy

³savvy

adj

sav·vi·ersav·vi·est

Definition of SAVVY

: having or showing perception, comprehension, or shrewdness especially in practical matters

— sav·vi·ly adverb

— sav·vi·ness noun

Examples of SAVVY

1. She's a very savvy investor.
2. He is savvy about computers.

First Known Use of SAVVY

1905

Related to SAVVY

Synonyms: astute, canny, clear-eyed, clear-sighted, hard-boiled, hardheaded, heady, knowing, shrewd, sharp, sharp-witted, smart

Antonyms: unknowing

Related Words: artful, cagey (also cagy), crafty, cunning, devious, dodgy [chiefly British], foxy, guileful, pawky [chiefly British], slick, sly, subtle, tricky, wily; discerning, insightful, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, sagacious, sage, sapient, wise; experienced, veteran; discriminating, discriminative; agile, alert, brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, intelligent, keen, nimble, quick, quick-witted, sharp-eyed, sharp-sighted; apt, ingenious, resourceful; calculating, scheming

Near Antonyms: artless, guileless, ingenuous, innocent, naive (or naïve); exploitable, gullible (also gullable); unperceptive, unwise; dense, dull, obtuse; airheaded, birdbrained, brain-dead, brainless, dim-witted, dopey (also dopy), dumb, empty-headed, feebleminded, gormless [chiefly British], half-witted, knuckleheaded, lamebrain (or lamebrained), lunkheaded, simple, slow, slow-witted, softheaded, stupid, thickheaded, thick-witted, unintelligent, weak-minded; foolish, idiotic (also idiotical), imbecile (or imbecilic), moronic, silly, thoughtless, witless; ignorant, uninformed

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