savvy

The word “savvy” has 2 syllables: sav-vy

It's pronounced as /ˈsæv.i/


What is synonym and antonym for savvy?

In the thesaurus, “savvy” has 131 synonyms and 77 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for savvy along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for savvy

  • absorb
  • acquaintance
  • acumen
  • acute
  • agile
  • alert
  • appreciate
  • apprehend
  • apt
  • artful
  • assimilate
  • astute
  • awareness
  • background
  • behold
  • brainy
  • bright
  • brilliant
  • cagey
  • cagy
  • calculating
  • canny
  • catch
  • chops
  • clear-eyed
  • clear-sighted
  • clever
  • cognize
  • command
  • compass
  • comprehend
  • comprehension
  • conceive
  • conversance
  • crafty
  • cunning
  • decipher
  • decode
  • devious
  • dig
  • digest
  • discern
  • discerning
  • discernment
  • discriminating
  • discriminative
  • dodgy
  • experience
  • experienced
  • expertise
  • familiarity
  • farsighted
  • fathom
  • foxy
  • get
  • grasp
  • grip
  • grok
  • guileful
  • hard-boiled
  • hardheaded
  • heady
  • in the know
  • ingenious
  • insight
  • insightful
  • intellect
  • intelligence
  • intelligent
  • intimacy
  • intuit
  • judgment
  • judicious
  • keen
  • know
  • know-how
  • knowing
  • knowledge
  • make
  • make out
  • mastery
  • moxie
  • nimble
  • on the ball
  • pawky
  • penetrate
  • perceive
  • perception
  • perceptive
  • perceptiveness
  • percipient
  • perspicacious
  • pick up on
  • pierce
  • proficiency
  • quick
  • quick-witted
  • realize
  • recognize
  • register
  • resourceful
  • sagacious
  • sage
  • sapient
  • scheming
  • see
  • seize
  • sense
  • sensible
  • sharp
  • sharp-eyed
  • sharp-sighted
  • sharp-witted
  • sharpness
  • shrewd
  • skills
  • slick
  • sly
  • smart
  • smarts
  • smooth
  • streetwise
  • subtle
  • take in
  • tricky
  • twig
  • understand
  • understanding
  • veteran
  • wily
  • wise

Antonyms for savvy

  • airheaded
  • artless
  • birdbrained
  • blunt
  • brain-dead
  • brainless
  • coarse
  • dense
  • dim-witted
  • dopey
  • dopy
  • dull
  • dumb
  • empty-headed
  • exploitable
  • feebleminded
  • foolish
  • gormless
  • guileless
  • gullable
  • gullible
  • half-witted
  • idiotic
  • idiotical
  • ignorance
  • ignorant
  • imbecile
  • imbecilic
  • inability
  • ineptness
  • inexperience
  • inexperienced
  • ingenuous
  • innocent
  • kind
  • knuckleheaded
  • lamebrain
  • lamebrained
  • lunkheaded
  • misapprehend
  • misconceive
  • misconception
  • misconstrue
  • misinterpret
  • misinterpretation
  • misperceive
  • misread
  • miss
  • mistake
  • misunderstand
  • misunderstanding
  • moronic
  • naive
  • obtuse
  • release
  • rough
  • silly
  • simple
  • slow
  • slow-witted
  • softheaded
  • stupid
  • stupidity
  • thick-witted
  • thickheaded
  • thoughtless
  • unawareness
  • unclever
  • unfamiliarity
  • uninformed
  • unintelligent
  • unknowing
  • unperceptive
  • unstylish
  • unwise
  • weak-minded
  • witless

Meanings of savvy

  • noun
    1. Shrewdness.
  • verb
    1. To understand.
  • adjective
    1. Shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.

Example Sentences

  • She is very savvy when it comes to managing her finances.
  • His savvy negotiation skills helped him close the deal.
  • You need to be more savvy about online security.
  • The young entrepreneur showed a savvy understanding of the market.
  • He gave some savvy advice on how to invest wisely.

On this page you'll find 208 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to savvy, such as: absorb, acquaintance, acumen, acute, agile, airheaded, alert.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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  • receptive
  • regret
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  • sagacious
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  • sardonic
  • satirical
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  • savvy
  • scholarly
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  • scratching
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  • wail
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  • well-read
  • whetted
  • whimper
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  • wily
  • wise
  • wizard
  • woe
  • wonderful
  • worry
  • yammer
  • yaup
  • yawp
  • yell
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  • zealous

sagacious

  • acute
  • apt
  • astucious
  • astute
  • brainy
  • bright
  • brilliant
  • cagey
  • canny
  • cerebral
  • clear-sighted
  • clearheaded
  • clever
  • contemplative
  • cool
  • discerning
  • discriminating
  • discriminative
  • erudite
  • experienced
  • far-sighted
  • foxy
  • gnostic
  • heady
  • hip
  • insightful
  • intelligent
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  • nimble
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  • percipient
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  • prudent
  • quick
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  • rational
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  • sage
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  • savvy
  • scholarly
  • sensible
  • sharp
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  • smart
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  • sophic
  • thoughtful
  • wise
  • witty

sagaciousness

  • acuity
  • acumen
  • appreciation
  • apprehension
  • astuteness
  • balance
  • braininess
  • brains
  • brightness
  • brilliance
  • canniness
  • caution
  • circumspection
  • clear thinking
  • clear-sightedness
  • cleverness
  • comprehension
  • discernment
  • discrimination
  • enlightenment
  • erudition
  • experience
  • foresight
  • foresightedness
  • good judgment
  • grasp
  • gray matter
  • gumption
  • horse sense
  • information
  • insight
  • intellect
  • intelligence
  • judgement
  • judgment
  • judiciousness
  • keenness
  • knowledge
  • learning
  • logic
  • mentality
  • pansophy
  • penetration
  • perception
  • perceptiveness
  • perceptivity
  • percipience
  • perspicacity
  • poise
  • power
  • practicality
  • profundity
  • prudence
  • rationality
  • reason
  • sagacity
  • sageness
  • sanity
  • sapience
  • savoir faire
  • savvy
  • sense
  • sensitivity
  • shrewdness
  • smartness
  • solidity
  • sophistication
  • stability
  • understanding
  • wisdom
  • wit

sageness

  • acuity
  • acumen
  • appreciation
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  • astuteness
  • balance
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  • canniness
  • caution
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  • cleverness
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  • grasp
  • gray matter
  • gumption
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  • savoir faire
  • savvy
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  • stability
  • understanding
  • wisdom
  • wit

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