Noun: savvy sa-vee
Usage: informal
- The cognitive condition of someone who understands
"Her business savvy impressed the investors";
- understanding, apprehension, discernment
Usage: informal
- Having detailed knowledge, and the skills to use it effectively
"savvy readers";
- intelligent, well-informed, clued-up [Brit, informal]
- Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
"The savvy investor saw the opportunity";
- astute, sharp, shrewd, argute [literary]
- Get the meaning of something
"Do you savvy the meaning of this letter?";
- grok [N. Amer, informal], get the picture [informal], comprehend, dig [informal], grasp, compass, apprehend
Derived forms: savvying, savviest, savvies, savvied, savvier
See also: smart, sophisticated
Type of: knowing, understand
Encyclopedia: Savvy