Synonyms 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

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1. Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work:

   This is designed to make the human more effective in combat, we believe that the advantage we have is ... our people; that tech-savvy people who've grown up in the iWorld will kick the crap out of people who grew up in the iWorld under an authoritarian reign.

2. Michelle Chai:

   I think it's political skills. Politically, the West Asians were more savvy.

3. 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.

4. Jodi Smith:

   People need to be socially savvy and culturally aware.

5. Max Abrahms:

   Think tank analysts have often referred to him as a savvy militant group leader, even a mastermind. Thats because he was the leader of the most feared terrorist group in the world.