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shrewdness

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Synonyms and Antonyms of shrewdness

exceptional discernment and judgment especially in practical matters

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

Synonyms of shrewdness

acumen, astuteness, caginess (also cageyness), canniness, clear-sightedness, foxiness, hardheadedness, intelligence, keenness, knowingness, sharpness, wit

Words Related to shrewdness

discernment, insight, perception, perceptiveness, perceptivity, percipience, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, sapience, wisdom

artfulness, artifice, craft, craftiness, cunning, deviousness, guile, slickness, slyness, sneakiness, subtleness, subtlety, wiliness

brain(s), gray matter, intellect, reason, sense

Near Antonyms of shrewdness

artlessness, greenness, guilelessness, ingenuousness, innocence, naiveness, naïveté (also naivete), simplemindedness, simpleness, simplicity, unsophistication, unworldliness

brainlessness, density, doltishness, dopiness, dumbness, fatuity, foolishness, half-wittedness, mindlessness, oafishness, obtuseness, senselessness, slowness, stupidity, stupidness, vacuity, witlessness

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