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| Main Entry: | savvy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shrewd |
| Synonyms: | acute, astute, brainy*, cagey*, calculating, canny, clever, crafty, cunning, discerning, experienced, farsighted, foxy*, heady*, ingenious, intelligent, judicious, keen, knowing, on the ball*, perceptive, sagacious, sensible, sharp, slick*, sly, smart, smooth, wise, in the know, streetwise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | savvy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shrewdness |
| Synonyms: | acumen, awareness, comprehension, discernment, experience, grasp, grip, insight, intellect, intelligence, judgment, know-how, knowing, knowledge, mastery, perception, sense, smarts*, understanding, perceptiveness, sharpness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accomplished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | skilled in activity |
| Synonyms: | able, adept, brainy, consummate, cool*, expert, gifted, hip*, masterly, polished, practiced, proficient, savvy, sharp, skillful, talented, with it*, cultivated, hep, wised up |
| Antonyms: | inept, inexpert, unable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adept |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very able |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, ace*, adroit, brainy, capable, clean*, crack*, crackerjack*, deft, dexterous, expert, hot*, hotshot, know stuff, masterful, masterly, no dummy, no slouch, nobody's fool, on the ball*, on the beam, practiced, proficient, quick, savvy, sharp, sharp as a tack, skilled, skillful, slick, smooth, there, up to speed, versed, whiz*, wizard |
| Antonyms: | awkward, clumsy, incompetent, inept, unskilled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adroit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very able or skilled |
| Synonyms: | adept, apt, artful, clean, clever, crack*, crackerjack*, cunning, cute, deft, dexterous, expert, foxy*, good, handy, ingenious, masterful, neat*, nifty*, nimble, on the ball*, proficient, quick-witted, savvy, sharp, skillful, slick, smart, up*, whiz*, wizard, hot tamale, on the beam, quick on the trigger, quick on the uptake, up to speed |
| Antonyms: | awkward, clumsy, dense, inept, stupid, unskilled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | astute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | perceptive |
| Synonyms: | adroit, brainy, bright, calculating, canny, clever, crafty, discerning, foxy, insightful, intelligent, keen, knowing, not born yesterday*, on the ball*, perspicacious, sagacious, savvy, sharp, shrewd, sly, quick on the uptake, sharp as a tack |
| Antonyms: | asinine, idiotic, ignorant, imbecile, obtuse, shallow, stupid, thick, unintelligent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | aware |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | knowledgeable |
| Synonyms: | acquainted, alert, alive, appraised, appreciative, apprehensive, apprised, attentive, au courant, awake, cognizant, conscious, cool*, enlightened, familiar, go-go, groovy*, grounded, heedful, hip*, in the know, in the picture, informed, into*, know the score, know what's what, know-how, knowing, latched on, mindful, on the beam, on to, perceptive, plugged in, receptive, savvy, sensible, sentient, sharp, tuned in, up on, wise, wise to, wised up, with it* |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, insensitive, unaware, unconscious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clever |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright, ingenious |
| Synonyms: | able, adept, adroit, alert, apt, astute, brainy, brilliant, cagey, canny, capable, competent, crackerjack*, cunning, deep, dexterous/dextrous, discerning, egghead*, expert, foxy*, gifted, good, handy, intelligent, inventive, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, many-sided, nimble, nobody's fool, pretty, pro, qualified, quick, quick on trigger, quick-witted, rational, resourceful, sagacious, savvy, sensible, sharp, shrewd, skilled, skillful, slick, sly, smart, sprightly, talented, versatile, wise, witty |
| Antonyms: | awkward, foolish, idiotic, ignorant, naive, senseless, stupid, unclever |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cognizant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aware |
| Synonyms: | acquainted, alive, apprehensive, au courant, awake, conscious, conversant, familiar, hip to, informed, judicious, knowing, knowledgeable, observant, perceptive, savvy, sensible, sentient, versed, with it*, down with, grounded, hep to, in on, in the know, in the picture, on the beam, on to, plugged in, tuned in, up on, wise to, witting |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, unaware, unfamiliar, uninformed, unwitting, unknowledgeable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | competence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability |
| Synonyms: | adequacy, appropriateness, capability, capacity, expertise, fitness, know-how, might, moxie, proficiency, qualification, savvy, skill, suitability, competency, cutting it, cutting the mustard, hacking it, making the grade, makings, qualifiedness, the goods, the right stuff, what it takes |
| Notes: | competence is a measure of the ability to perform a task; efficiency is a measure of the success achieved in the performance of a task |
| Antonyms: | inability, inadequacy, incompetence, incapability, inefficience, ineptness |
| Main Entry: | competent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able |
| Synonyms: | adapted, adequate, all around, appropriate, au fait, being a pistol, capable, clever, complete, crisp, decent, dynamite, efficient, endowed, enough, equal, fireball, fit, fool, good, know ins and outs, know one's business, know one's stuff, know the answers, know the ropes, know the score, no slouch, on the ball*, paid one's dues, pertinent, polished, proficient, qualified, satisfactory, savvy, skilled, sufficient, suitable, there, up to it, up to snuff, up to speed, wicked* |
| Antonyms: | inadequate, incapable, incompetent, inefficient, inept, unable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dexterous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ingenious, proficient |
| Synonyms: | able, active, acute, adept, adroit, agile, apt, artful, canny, clever, crack*, crackerjack*, deft, effortless, expert, facile, handy, masterly, neat, nimble, prompt, quick, savvy, skilled, skillful, slick, sly, smooth, having the know-how, nimble-fingered |
| Antonyms: | awkward, clumsy, inept, inexpert, unable, unskilled, unhandy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | diplomatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | politic, tactful |
| Synonyms: | adept, arch, artful, astute, bland, brainy, cagey, calculating, capable, clever, conciliatory, courteous, crafty, cunning, deft, delicate, dexterous, discreet, gracious, intriguing, polite, prudent, savvy, scheming, sensitive, sharp, shrewd, sly, smooth, strategic, suave, subtle, wily, conniving, contriving, guileful, opportunistic |
| Antonyms: | artless, impolite, rude, tactless |
| Main Entry: | enlightened |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | informed, educated |
| Synonyms: | aware, broad-minded, civilized, cultivated, hip to, in the picture, instructed, knowing what's what, knowledgeable, learned, liberal, literate, open-minded, plugged in, reasonable, refined, savvy, sharp, sophisticated, tuned in, wised up |
| Antonyms: | confounded, confused, in the dark, misled, perplexed, uneducated, unenlightened, uninformed |
| Main Entry: | erudite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-educated, cultured |
| Synonyms: | brainy, educated, highbrow, into*, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, literate, savvy, scholarly, scholastic, studious, well-read, cultivated, in the know, wise up |
| Antonyms: | common, ignorant, uncultured, uneducated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | erudition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | higher education |
| Synonyms: | cultivation, culture, enlightenment, knowledge, learning, literacy, lore, pedantry, refinement, savvy, scholarship, science, bookishness, brains, intellectuality, learnedness, letters, scholarliness, studiousness |
| Antonyms: | ignorance |
| Main Entry: | expert |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | knowledgeable, proficient |
| Synonyms: | able, adept, adroit, apt, big league*, clever, crack, crackerjack*, deft, dexterous, experienced, facile, handy, practiced, professional, qualified, savvy, sharp, skilled, skillful, slick, trained, virtuoso, schooled |
| Antonyms: | amateur, inexpert, unskilled, untrained, unknowledgeable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expertise/expertness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | knowledge, proficiency |
| Synonyms: | ability, ableness, adroitness, aptness, art, cleverness, command, competence, craft, cunning, deftness, dexterity, dodge*, facility, finesse, goods*, ingeniousness, judgment, knack*, know-how*, line*, makings, oil*, one's thing, prowess, readiness, savvy, sharpness, skill, skillfulness, stuff* |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, inexpertness, lack |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fathom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discern, understand |
| Synonyms: | appreciate, apprehend, catch, comprehend, dig, divine, estimate, follow, gauge, get, grasp, have, interpret, know, measure, penetrate, perceive, pierce, pinpoint, plumb, probe, recognize, savvy, sound, unravel, cognize, figure out, get to the bottom |
| Antonyms: | misunderstand, not get |
| Main Entry: | finesse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | know-how, maneuver |
| Synonyms: | acumen, adroitness, artifice, bluff, cleverness, competence, con, craft, cunning, delicacy, diplomacy, discernment, discretion, feint, gimmick, grift, guile, polish, quickness, racket*, run-around*, ruse, savoir-faire, savvy, skill, sophistication, stratagem, subtlety, tact, trick, wile, adeptness, artfulness, big stick, craftiness |
| Antonyms: | ignorance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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