SAVVYING Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

savvying

verb

present participle of savvy

as in understanding

to have a clear idea of the man growled, "Don't ever date my daughter again—you savvy?"

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The model provides a baseline for understanding what a planet’s atmosphere might look like without life.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
The key is understanding your audience’s habits, wants and needs, then communicating with them in the right places.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of understanding

Verb

Reliability includes knowing when an arrangement needs to change.

— Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026
Our community is dying; there’s an underlying sense of desperation, grief and pride that can both protect and suffocate out of a need to survive – this film is ultimately a love letter to us, with a sense of knowing.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of knowing

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Bahdanau was working with artificial neural networks, which had already shown promise in pattern-recognition tasks such as deciphering handwriting and identifying objects in photos.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026
In addition to developing better medicines or perfumes, deciphering the mirror images of molecules can help scientists understand the chemical architecture of life, said chemist Holden Thorp, editor-in-chief of the journal Science.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of deciphering

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Dmitriev presented her with a painting from an 11-year-old girl while Zelensky sent her a Ukrainian award recognizing her role in securing the ceasefire.

— Darlene Superville, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Established in 1969, the Songwriters Hall of Fame is dedicated to recognizing and celebrating the lives and legacies of the songwriters behind the world’s most enduring songs.

— Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of recognizing

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If this sort of shotgun approach to local targeting is a relatively unfamiliar phenomenon in political circles, football fans have long grown used to seeing ads for things that are essentially irrelevant to their own interests.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2026
In fact, resilient optimism begins with seeing the problem clearly.

— Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of seeing

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Keeping desire alive means choosing pursuits that can never be finished – a craft, a field of study, a relationship – and letting the gap between reaching and grasping stay open.

— Stacy Keltner, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026
The closest the Kardashian sisters have come to grasping the point is a discussion about society’s beauty standards in season three of The Kardashians, when Kylie Jenner brought the topic up to Khloé Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian.

— Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of grasping

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The person behind the picture The appeal of human craftsmanship goes beyond appreciating how many hours something took.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
Gilbert described that assignment as a casual acquaintance asking his father to voice a cartoon, without Danny meaningfully appreciating the companies involved.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of appreciating

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Infinite Jasons • MacNamara is so far from comprehending the box that his Jason looked utterly bored by his questions.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026
Understanding that this is policy is crucial for comprehending how Israeli soldiers are expected to dutifully erase entire villages without questioning orders.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of comprehending

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