Savvy

Definitions: Savvy

Savvy

Noun

1. The cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect".

Verb

1. Get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "savvy" was first used: 1785. (references)

Synonyms: Savvy

Intelligence Wisdom

Noun: intelligence, capacity, comprehension, understanding; cuteness, sabe , savvy ; intellect; nous, parts, sagacity, mother wit, wit, esprit, gumption, quick parts, grasp of intellect; acuteness; Adjective: acumen, subtlety, penetration, perspicacy, perspicacity; discernment, due sense of, good judgment; discrimination; cunning; refinement; (taste).

Knowledge

Conceive; apprehend, comprehend; take, realize, understand, savvy, appreciate; fathom, make out; recognize, discern, perceive, see, get a sight-of, experience.

Books

• A Parent's Guide to Money: Raising Financially Savvy Children (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• New Jersey Savvy Living (reference)

• Savvy Traveler (reference)

• Sewing Savvy (reference)

• Supermarket Savvy Information & Resource Service (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Elk Savvy (reference)

• Shoptalk: Let's Talk 5-Gas Analysis Emissions Savvy (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Savvy Show Stoppers (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• SAVVY SHOPPER V.3.21 PALM OS & (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Navy Dot Travel Savvy Stroller (reference)

• Leopard Savvy Deluxe Stroller (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Business

Japanese trading companies (keiretsu) have employees in numerous Indonesian locales, giving them market savvy difficult to duplicate. (references)

Their commitment to sales and local marketing resources, as well as their partnerships with local installation and construction companies underscores their marketing savvy. (references)

Economic History

Costa Rica

Costa Ricans are very price conscious and savvy shoppers. (references)

Benin

A SAVVY, HONEST LOCAL ATTORNEY IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A BUSINESS IN BENIN BY A FOREIGN COMPANY. (references)

Colombia

At the same time, many savvy global companies understand clearly the strategic potential of the country, and are well established in Colombia. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Ending with "savvy": song-savvy.

Albanian

tru (brain, cerebrum, grey matter, head, headpiece, mastermind, pate), mend (ballast, brain, brains, esprit, headpiece, imagination, intention, memory, mind, nous, reason, wit). (various references)

Arabic 

‏عرف (acquaint, constitution, convention, custom, define, figure out, form, habit, impart, know, know what's what, locate, manners, mores, realize, rule, see, sort out, tradition, usage, use), ‏ذكاء (brain, brilliance, brilliancy, cleverness, cuteness, intellect, intelligence, mentality, mind, penetration, quickness, sagacity, shrewdness, smartness, understanding, wit), ‏إدراك (appreciation, apprehension, cognizance, comprehension, conception, grasp, intelligence, knowledge, maturity, puberty, pubescence, realization, reason, recognition, responsiveness, science, sense, senses, sensibilities, sensibility, smart, understanding). (various references)

Bulgarian 

схватливост (docility, grasp, perceptivity, prehension, receptivity), чактисване, чактисвам (rumble), такт (address, bar, cadence, cycle, diplomacy, management, measure, movement, poise, savoir faire, tact, time), зная (can, know, known, wist, wit, wot, wottest), акъл (head, loaf, nous, think tank). (various references)

Chinese 

精明 (Astute, Politic, shrewdness). (various references)

Farsi 

فهمیدن (Catch, Compass, Comprehend, Follow, Get, Grasp, Gripe, Induct, Intend, Learn, Realize, Savor, See, Skill, Tell, Understand), فهم (Brain, Grasp, Head, Intellect, Intelligence, Mind, Understanding, Uptake), زرنگ ودانا, درک کردن (Appreciate, Apprehend, Catch, Cognize, Compass, Comprehend, Coneive, Follow, Hear, Induct, Perceive, Realize, Seize, Understand). (various references)

French

piger, jugeote, comprendre, bon sens. (various references)

German

kapiert? (geddit?, savvy?). (various references)

Greek 

καταλαβαίνω (come to terms with, make of, realise, see, understand). (various references)

Hebrew 

שכל (brains, grey matter, insight, intellect, intelligence, mind, reason, sense, wisdom, wit), פקחות (cleverness, intelligence, prudence, shrewdness, smartness), �"ב� �" (apprehension, comprehension, insight, realization, understanding, wit). (various references)

Hungarian

hozzáértés (competence, competency, know how, know-how, labour skill), ész (brain, five wits, head, intellect, mind, nous, reason, senses, wit). (various references)

Italian

comprendonio. (various references)

Pig Latin

avvysay

Portuguese

saber (guide mark, have, instruction, know, know how, knowledge is power, learning, lore, scholarship, science, to know), juízo (brain, discretion, idea, judgement, judgment, opinionated, sense, senses, wisdom, wit), habilidade (ability, accomplishments, acquaintance, acquirement, address, adroitness, art, asset, cleverness, come off, competence, competency, craft, craftsmanship, cunning, dexterity, diplomacy, dodge, dodgery, facility, genius, gimmick, hand, ingenuous, knack, know how, neatness, put off, science, shift, skill, tact, trick), experiente (adept, experienced, expert, worldly), entendimento (acquaintance, entente, intellection, intelligence, knowledge, stand in, understanding, uptake), entender (know, perceive, read, realize, sense, spell out, to understand, understand), conhecedor (adept, cognizant, connoisseur, expert, fancier, hakim, informed, judge, knowing, versed). (various references)

Romanian

simţ practic (gumption), pricepere (ability, capability, cleverness, competence, fitness, gumption, ingenuousness, knack, know how, management, qualification, sconce, skill, understanding), pricepe (apprehend, catch, catch on, come it, compass, comprehend, conceive, cotton, enter into, latch on, perceive, pick out, see, see into, seize, sense, take, take in, tumble to, understand), pregãtire (efficiency, fix up, grounding, preparation, priming, provision, training), minte (brain, imagination, intellect, judgment, mind, nous, pate, reason, sense, spirit, thinking, wisdom, wit, wits), înţelege (agree, apprehend, bottom, catch, come it, compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, grasp, interpret, latch on, make of, perceive, read, realize, scheme, see, see into, seize, take, tumble to, twig, understand). (various references)

Russian 

понимание (apprehension, aprehension, comprehension, conception, digestion, grasp, insight, knowing, perception, reading, realization, understanding). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zdrav razum (common sense, nous), razumevanje (apprehension, cognizance, comprehension, intellection, understanding). (various references)

Spanish

comprensión (apprehension, charity, comprehension, grasp, intension, judgement, judgment, perception, prehension, realization, sympathy, understanding), comprender (appreciate, bear in, catch, catch the point, come across, comprehend, comprise, cover, dig, follow, get, grasp, include, incorporate, interpret, latch on, perceive, Pierce, realise, realize, see, see the light, take in, to understand, trace, twig, understand). (various references)

Swedish

vett (sense, wit). (various references)

Turkish

kavrayış (comprehension, perspicacity, reach, realization, understanding), kafa (bean, brains, cast of mind, chump, coconut, conk, costard, end, head, headpiece, intelligence, knob, nob, noddle, noggin, noodle, nut, onion, pate, poll, potato, sconce), bilmek (be onto, be privy to, be up, be up to, be wise to, Ken, know, understand, wise up, wise up to, wit), bilgi (acquaintance, cognizance, conveyance, data, dope, Gen, gleanings, Griff, griffin, info, information, inside dope, instructions, intelligence, know how, knowledge, learning, line, lore, notice, report, word), anlayış (apprehension, cognizance, comprehension, discernment, horizon, intelligence, mentality, percipience, sagacity, sensibility, understanding), anlamak (absorb, accept, appreciate, apprehend, ascertain, be knowledgeable about, be up to, catch, catch on, click, compass, comprehend, conceive, cotton on to, dawn on, deduce, dig, discern, discover, distinguish, fathom, feel, figure out, get, get a grip, get a grip on, get the message, grasp, grip, latch on to, make of, pick out, read, realize, rumble, see, see into, seize, sense, sum up, take in, twig, understand, wake to, waken, work out). (various references)

Ukranian 

тямити, кмітливість (acumen, acuteness, apprehension, aptitude, aptness, brightness, gumption, headpiece, intelligence, nimbleness, nous, pregnancy, prehension, quick wits, quickness, sagacity, sharpness, understanding). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự khôn khéo (policy, savoir faire), sự hiểu biết (cognizance, intellection, understanding, wisdom). (various references)

sapere. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "savvy": savvying. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Savvy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: avy, cavvy, saavy, salvavi, salvavit, sav, savi, savie, Savu, Savva, savvay, Savvin, savy, savyy, scavvy, servy, sevvy, sevy, sivy, suavvy, suavy. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: vavs.

-2 letters: ays, say, vas, vav.

-3 letters: as, ay, ya.

+3 letters: savvying, vouvrays.

+4 letters: evasively.

+5 letters: aversively, invasively.

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