savvy
You are known as someone with a lot of business savvy, but only because you've managed to keep your staggering debts a secret. Which is actually pretty savvy. Someone who is savvy is shrewd and perceptive.
Most English words stem directly from other European languages, like French and Latin. Not savvy. It comes from the West Indies, a twist on the French savez vous? — “Do you know?” Savvy was first recorded in its adjective form in 1905. Synonyms for the noun form include acumen, discernment, grasp, perception, and sharpness.
Definitions of savvy
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marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
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the cognitive condition of someone who understands
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synonyms:
apprehension, discernment, understanding
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comprehension
an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result)
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self-knowledge
an understanding of yourself and your goals and abilities
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smattering
a slight or superficial understanding of a subject
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appreciation, grasp, hold
understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
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grasping
understanding with difficulty
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hindsight
understanding the nature of an event after it has happened
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brainstorm, brainwave, insight
the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation
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realisation, realization, recognition
coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
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sense
a natural appreciation or ability
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light
mental understanding as an enlightening experience
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revelation
an enlightening or astonishing disclosure
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breakthrough, discovery, find
a productive insight
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flash
a sudden brilliant understanding
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knowing
a clear and certain mental apprehension
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get the meaning of something
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apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok
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figure
understand
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catch on, cotton on, get it, get onto, get wise, latch on, tumble, twig
understand, usually after some initial difficulty
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intuit
know or grasp by intuition or feeling
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digest, process
arrange and integrate in the mind
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understand
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
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