Antonyms for savvy
ˈsæv isavvy

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1. savvyadjective

   Synonyms:
   canny

2. savvyinterjection

   Do you understand?

   Synonyms:
   canny

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1. understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvyverb

   the cognitive condition of someone who understands

   "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"

   Synonyms:
   sympathy, judgement, intellect, collar, perceptiveness, dread, discernment, appreciation, misgiving, taste, catch, sagaciousness, judgment, pinch, discretion, reason, apprehension, understanding, agreement, taking into custody, arrest, sagacity, apprehensiveness

2. grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehendverb

   get the meaning of something

   "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"

   Synonyms:
   quail at, compass, delve, embrace, toil, grind, dig, nail, drudge, moil, encompass, dig up, arrest, jab, poke, cut into, nab, collar, grasp, prod, travail, labour, get the picture, hollow, stab, apprehend, cop, hold on, comprehend, turn over, excavate, pick up, perceive, cover, labor, grok, circumnavigate, dig out

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1. savvynoun

   Synonyms:
   understanding, comprehension

2. savvyverb

   Synonyms:
   (Slang) understand, comprehend

How to use savvy in a sentence?

1. Susan Campbell:

   It mostly starts with social media influencers taking up a cause. If Im angry at, say, American Airlines, I, a savvy user of social media with shockingly few followers/friends on Twitter/Instagram/TikTok/Facebook will find someone more established who can spread the word, and then I will sit back and hope it takes off.

2. Jodi Smith:

   People need to be socially savvy and culturally aware.

3. Fiona Hill:

   Fiona Hill was clearly, you know, a savvy guy, fiona Hill's charming. Fiona Hill's funny. Fiona Hill was well-meaning.

4. Peter Cecchini:

   A lot of savvy investors were hedging at the right time, and caught a lot of the move lower.

5. Rohan Gunaratna:

   As they were well educated and young, they could blend into and operate in the upmarket diplomatic enclave without evoking red flags, the IS (Islamic State) attack team was also technologically savvy and they uploaded the photos during the attack both to (the) IS command cell in Bangladesh and IS central in Syria.

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