savvy

Meaning

Adj

Shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.

Verb

To understand.

Noun

Shrewdness.

Synonyms

grasp

understand

dig

compass

🧭

comprehend

apprehend

understanding

grok

see

👀

discernment

get the picture

apprehension

astute

hold

intellect

interpret

judgment

ken

know

notice

nous

penetration

perceive

percipient

politic

practical

pragmatic

prehensile

read

📖

realise

recognise

shrewd

smart

sympathise

wisdom

wise

witty

make of

intelligence

perception

translate

intuitive feeling

ability

catch

clever

cognizance

comprehension

cunning

diplomatic

empathise

Translations

comprendre

kapieren

kavramak

capire

schnallen

anlamak

snappen

begreifen

entender

verstehen

saisir

schlau

piger

klug

raffen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsæ.vi/

Etymology

Alteration of save, sabi (“to know”) (in English-based creoles and pidgins), from Portuguese sabe (“[she/he] knows”), from saber (“to know”), from Latin sapere (“to taste; to know”). First appears c. 1785 in a dictionary by Francis Grose, as a noun, “practical sense, intelligence”; also a verb, “to know, to understand”. The adjective is first recorded 1905, from the noun.