Savvy

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  • adjective. Well informed and perceptive; shrewd.
  • adjective. Knowledgeable or proficient. Often used in combination.
  • noun. Practical understanding or shrewdness.
  • transitive & intransitive verb . To understand; comprehend.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To know; understand; “twig”: as, do you savvy that?
  • To possess knowledge.
  • noun. General cleverness; knowledge of the world: as, he has lots of savvy.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Comprehension; knowledge of affairs; mental grasp; also, practical know-how; common sense.
  • verb. To understand; to comprehend; know.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.
  • verb. to understand
  • interjection. Do you understand?
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the cognitive condition of someone who understands
  • verb. get the meaning of something
    • Word Usage
    "He speaks angrily about what he calls a savvy campaign by Pakistan's government under President Pervez Musharraf to fleece Washington for billions of dollars even as it allowed Al Qaeda to regroup in Pakistan's tribal lands."
    Equivalent
    savvey  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    astute  canny  classy  competent  divisive  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ability  absorb  acuity  acuteness  address  
    variant
    savvied  savvier  savviest  
    verb-form
    savvied  savvies  savvying  
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