savvy (redirected from savviest)

sav·vy  (sv) Informal

adj. sav·vi·er, sav·vi·est

Well informed and perceptive; shrewd: savvy Washington insiders.

n.

Practical understanding or shrewdness: a banker known for financial savvy.

tr. & intr.v. sav·vied (svd), sav·vy·ing, sav·vies (svz)

To understand; comprehend.

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[From Spanish sabe (usted), (you) know, from saber, to know, from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *sapre, from Latin sapere, to be wise; see sep- in Indo-European roots.]

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savvi·ly adv.

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savvy Slang

Verb

[-vies, -vying, -vied]

to understand

Noun

understanding or common sense

Adjective

shrewd [corruption of Spanish sabe (usted) (you) know]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	savvy - the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect" discernment, understanding, apprehension knowing - a clear and certain mental apprehension comprehension - an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result); "how you can do that is beyond my comprehension"; "he was famous for his comprehension of American literature" self-knowledge - an understanding of yourself and your goals and abilities smattering - a slight or superficial understanding of a subject appreciation, grasp, hold - understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices" grasping - understanding with difficulty; "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings" hindsight - understanding the nature of an event after it has happened; "hindsight is always better than foresight" brainstorm, brainwave, insight - the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation realization, realisation, recognition - coming to understand something clearly and distinctly; "a growing realization of the risk involved"; "a sudden recognition of the problem he faced"; "increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases"
Verb	1.	savvy - get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" apprehend, comprehend, get the picture, grok, grasp, compass, dig understand - know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means" figure - understand; "He didn't figure her" catch on, cotton on, get it, get onto, get wise, twig, latch on, tumble - understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on" intuit - know or grasp by intuition or feeling digest - arrange and integrate in the mind; "I cannot digest all this information"

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savvy (Slang)

noun 1. understanding, perception, grasp, ken, comprehension, apprehension

adjective 2. shrewd, sharp, astute, knowing, fly (slang) keen, smart, clever, intelligent, discriminating, discerning, canny, perceptive, artful, far-sighted, far-seeing, long-headed, perspicacious, sagacious

Translations

savvy [ˈsævɪ] n (col) → conocimiento, experiencia

savvy [ˈsævɪ] n (inf) → jugeote f

savvy [ˈsævɪ] (inf) n → Grips m;

he hasn't got much savvy → er hat keine Ahnung

savvy [ˈsævɪ] n (col) → arguzia