Antonyms for savvy
ˈsæv isavvy

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1. savvyadjective

   Synonyms:
   canny

2. savvyinterjection

   Do you understand?

   Synonyms:
   canny

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1. understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvyverb

   the cognitive condition of someone who understands

   "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"

   Synonyms:
   sympathy, judgement, intellect, collar, perceptiveness, dread, discernment, appreciation, misgiving, taste, catch, sagaciousness, judgment, pinch, discretion, reason, apprehension, understanding, agreement, taking into custody, arrest, sagacity, apprehensiveness

2. grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehendverb

   get the meaning of something

   "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"

   Synonyms:
   quail at, compass, delve, embrace, toil, grind, dig, nail, drudge, moil, encompass, dig up, arrest, jab, poke, cut into, nab, collar, grasp, prod, travail, labour, get the picture, hollow, stab, apprehend, cop, hold on, comprehend, turn over, excavate, pick up, perceive, cover, labor, grok, circumnavigate, dig out

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1. savvynoun

   Synonyms:
   understanding, comprehension

2. savvyverb

   Synonyms:
   (Slang) understand, comprehend

How to use savvy in a sentence?

1. Ron Epstein:

   It's a sign that United is a savvy airplane buyer, i'm certain they're getting a good deal on Max's. But If they didn't feel reasonably good about the return of market for flying, they wouldn't be doing it.

2. Timothy Dolan:

   When you do that, a savvy person says, 'Boy, that's sure good of him that he is affirming what we do good. But on the other hand, are we doing it as well as we should?' ' there's where the examination of conscience comes in.

3. Vice President Hugo Barra:

   We are going to keep growing our phone sales, we have a huge amount of room to grow, not only in China, but in countries like India and others, but really our focus is going after Internet-savvy consumers, they are e-commerce buyers, they are not only buying our phones, but they are buying accessories, they are buying a lifestyle product.

4. Alex Marsh:

   There is also a lazy view that younger people aren't financially savvy, they're actually the smarter ones.

5. Kay Quirk:

   I'm not the most savvy social media person. I'm learning, my intent is to share my message about Sen. Cruz. I just pick different issues. It might be immigration, it might be his five for freedom plan, it might be about the Constitution, and I try to tweet out facts to pull people in. Something that may strike a note with them, whether it be Common Core, abortion rights, you know, just the Constitution, gun rights. I try and get an interest to get people to come and look at Sen. Cruz and see what it is that I'm talking about.

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