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- she's an excellent scholar of political science, but lacks the kind of savvy needed to run for public office
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savvy
adjectiveSynonyms & Antonyms of savvy (Entry 2 of 3)
- a particularly savvy investor, he was among the first to see the potential in tech stocks
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- exploitable,
- gullible
- (also gullable)
- 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
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savvy
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of savvy (Entry 3 of 3)
- the man growled, "Don't ever date my daughter again—you savvy?"
Synonyms for savvy
- appreciate,
- apprehend,
- assimilate,
- behold,
- catch,
- catch on (to),
- cognize,
- compass,
- comprehend,
- conceive,
- cotton (to or on to),
- decipher,
- decode,
- dig,
- discern,
- get,
- grasp,
- grok,
- intuit,
- know,
- make,
- make out,
- perceive,
- recognize,
- register,
- see,
- seize,
- sense,
- tumble (to),
- twig,
- understand
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The first known use of savvy was in 1686
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