savvy
Noun
- the cognitive condition of someone who understands
- Shrewdness.
Verb
Verb Forms: savvied, savvying, savvies
- To understand or comprehend, especially with practical insight.
- get the meaning of something
- To understand.
Adj
- Shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.
Adjective
- Shrewd and well-informed; possessing practical knowledge or understanding.
Examples
- Do you savvy the strategy behind blocking the triple word score, or are you just guessing?
- Only a savvy Scrabble player would recognize the potential in those leftover letters.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
apprehend, apprehension, compass, comprehend, dig, discernment, get the picture, grasp, grok, understanding, canny, savviness
Scrabble Score: 14
savvy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsavvy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
savvy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary