Synonyms of shrewdness

shrewdness

noun

as in intelligence

exceptional discernment and judgment especially in practical matters

a woman with the thick-skinned shrewdness to survive in a tough business

Synonyms & Similar Words

• intelligence
• wit
• astuteness
• acumen
• wisdom
• insight
• canniness
• intellect
• keenness
• clear-sightedness
• hardheadedness
• caginess
• knowingness
• cunning
• sagacity
• sense
• sharpness
• perceptiveness
• foxiness
• perceptivity
• cageyness
• perception
• discernment
• artfulness
• slyness
• subtlety
• sagaciousness
• guile
• reason
• sapience
• wiliness
• percipience
• deviousness
• sneakiness
• subtleness
• craftiness
• slickness
• brain(s)
• sageness
• gray matter
• artifice
• craft

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• naiveté
• naïveté
• ingenuousness
• naivete
• guilelessness
• simplicity
• artlessness
• unworldliness
• simplemindedness
• innocence
• naiveness
• unsophistication
• greenness
• simpleness
• obtuseness
• stupidity
• foolishness
• density
• slowness
• fatuity
• dumbness
• witlessness
• mindlessness
• vacuity
• oafishness
• stupidness
• senselessness
• brainlessness
• dopiness
• doltishness
• half-wittedness