SAVVY (savvied, savvier, savviest)

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Irregular inflected forms: savvied    , savvier    , savviest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does savvy mean? 

• SAVVY (noun)
  The noun SAVVY has 1 sense:

1. the cognitive condition of someone who understands

  Familiarity information: SAVVY used as a noun is very rare.

• SAVVY (verb)
  The verb SAVVY has 1 sense:

1. get the meaning of something

  Familiarity information: SAVVY used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAVVY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The cognitive condition of someone who understands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

apprehension; discernment; savvy; understanding

Context example:

he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect

Hypernyms ("savvy" is a kind of...):

knowing (a clear and certain mental apprehension)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "savvy"):

comprehension (an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result))

self-knowledge (an understanding of yourself and your goals and abilities)

smattering (a slight or superficial understanding of a subject)

appreciation; grasp; hold (understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something)

grasping (understanding with difficulty)

hindsight (understanding the nature of an event after it has happened)

brainstorm; brainwave; insight (the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation)

realisation; realization; recognition (coming to understand something clearly and distinctly)

Derivation:

savvy (get the meaning of something)

• SAVVY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they savvy    ... he / she / it savvies   
Past simple: savvied   
Past participle: savvied   
-ing form: savvying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Get the meaning of something

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

apprehend; compass; comprehend; dig; get the picture; grasp; grok; savvy

Context example:

Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?

Hypernyms (to "savvy" is one way to...):

understand (know and comprehend the nature or meaning of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "savvy"):

figure (understand)

catch on; cotton on; get it; get onto; get wise; latch on; tumble; twig (understand, usually after some initial difficulty)

intuit (know or grasp by intuition or feeling)

digest (arrange and integrate in the mind)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

savvy (the cognitive condition of someone who understands)

 Context examples 

I feel your harvest is due to be quite abundant because your solar eleventh house of profit currently contains Saturn (discipline), Pluto (powerful, financially savvy), and Jupiter (generous good fortune).

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You may be doing savvy year-end tax planning, too.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

For one of my friends, a senior VP in the media and very savvy, her contractor suddenly declared bankruptcy in the middle of her project after having paid him in full as he required before starting—and he had come with superb references.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Saturn will move into Aquarius permanently from December 16, 2020, to March 7, 2023, and give you an MBA in finance, but no worries—you are about to get very savvy about negotiating for yourself, buying expensive items below retail, and learning how to better earn, spend, save, and invest money, so by March 2023, you’ll likely end up with more savings and wealth than you ever had when Saturn first arrived in December 2020.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)