Savvy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Well informed and perceptive; shrewd: savvy Washington insiders.
  • n. Practical understanding or shrewdness: a banker known for financial savvy.
  • v. To understand; comprehend.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.
  • v. to understand
  • interjection. Do you understand?
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To understand; to comprehend; know.
  • n. Comprehension; knowledge of affairs; mental grasp; also, practical know-how; common sense.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To know; understand; “twig”: as, do you savvy that?
  • To possess knowledge.
  • n. General cleverness; knowledge of the world: as, he has lots of savvy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the cognitive condition of someone who understands
  • v. get the meaning of something
  • Equivalent
    savvey   
    Verb Form
    savvied    savvies    savvying   
    Variant
    savvied    savviest    savvier   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    understand    comprehend    know    comprehension    canny   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    astute    knowledgeable    first-time    classy    innovative    risky    shrewd    feasible    proficient    irate