English-Thai Dictionary

savvy

ADJ ฉลาด  หลักแหลม  รอบรู้  cha-lad

 

savvy

N ปัญญา  ความรู้  ความรอบรู้  ability diplomatic judgment understand wisdom pan-ya

 

savvy

SL ความรู้ ความสามารถ  ความ เชี่ยวชาญ  ความชำนาญ  ประสบการณ์  kwam-ru-kwam-sa-mad

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SAVVY; SAVVEY

SAVVY; SAVVEY Sav "vy, Sav "vey, v. t. & i. [Written also savey.] [Sp. saber to know, sabe usted do you know ]

 

Defn: To understand; to comprehend; know. [Slang, U. S.]

 

SAVVY; SAVVEY

SAVVY; SAVVEY Sav "vy, Sav "vey, n.

 

Defn: Comprehension; knowledge of affairs; mental grasp. [Slang, U. S.]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

savvy

sav vy |ˈsavē ˈsævi |(also savviness ) informal ▶noun shrewdness and practical knowledge, esp. in politics or business: the financiers lacked the necessary political savvy. ▶verb ( savvies, savvying, savvied ) [ with clause ] know or understand: Charley would savvy what to do about such a girl | [ no obj. ] : I've been told, but I want to make sure. Savvy? ▶adjective ( savvier, savviest ) shrewd and knowledgeable in the realities of life. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: originally black and pidgin English imitating Spanish sabe usted ‘you know. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

savvy

savvy |ˈsavi | informal, chiefly N. Amer. ▶noun [ mass noun ] shrewdness and practical knowledge, especially in politics or business: the corporate-finance bankers lacked the necessary political savvy. ▶verb ( savvies, savvying, savvied ) [ with clause ] know or understand: Tom would savvy what to do about her | [ no obj. ] : I've been told, but I want to make sure. Savvy? ▶adjective ( savvier, savviest ) shrewd and knowledgeable about the realities of life: [ in combination ] : the city's young, media-savvy crowd. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: originally black and pidgin English imitating Spanish sabe usted ‘you know ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

savvy informal

savvy informal noun his political savvy: shrewdness, astuteness, sharp-wittedness, sharpness, acuteness, acumen, acuity, intelligence, wit, canniness, common sense, discernment, insight, understanding, penetration, perception, perceptiveness, perspicacity, knowledge, sagacity; informal horse sense, know-how, (street ) smarts; rare sapience. ▶adjective a savvy investor: shrewd, astute, sharp-witted, sharp, acute, adroit, intelligent, clever, canny, perceptive, perspicacious, sagacious, sage, wise; informal on the ball, quick on the uptake, smart, streetwise, heads-up.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

savvy informal

savvy informal noun much will depend on his political savvy: shrewdness, astuteness, sharp-wittedness, sharpness, acuteness, acumen, acuity, intelligence, wit, canniness, common sense, discernment, insight, understanding, penetration, perception, perceptiveness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness, knowledge, sagacity, sageness; informal nous, horse sense; rare sapience, arguteness. ANTONYMS inexperience, ignorance. ▶verb he knew she had been making a fool of him, but he didn't quite savvy how: realize, understand, comprehend, grasp, see, know, apprehend; informal get, get a fix on, catch on, latch on, cotton on; Brit. informal twig, suss. ▶adjective Bob is a savvy veteran who knows all the tricks: shrewd, astute, sharp-witted, sharp, acute, intelligent, clever, canny, perceptive, perspicacious, sagacious, sage; informal on the ball, smart, streetwise; Scottish & N. English informal pawky; N. Amer. informal heads-up; rare long-headed, sapient, argute. ANTONYMS stupid, gullible.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

savvy

sav vy /sǽvi /形容詞 ｟米 くだけて ｠〈人が 〉 (実際的な )知識を持った, やり手の, しっかりした ▸ computer savvy コンピュータの知識を持った .名詞 U ｟米 くだけて ｠(実際的な )知識, 能力, 手腕 .動詞 -vies ; -vied ; ～ing 自動詞 ｟くだけて ｠知る, わかる, 理解する .