What is another word for shrewd?
920 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ʃɹˈuːd], [ ʃɹˈuːd], [ ʃ_ɹ_ˈuː_d]
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Similar words for shrewd:
- Machiavellian (adjective)
- artful (adjective)
- astute (adjective)
- calculating (adjective)
- canny (adjective)
- cautious (adjective)
- clever (adjective)
- clever, intelligent (adjective)
- common-sense (adjective)
- crafty (adjective)
- cunning (adjective)
- deep (adjective)
- designing (adjective)
- devious (adjective)
- diplomatic (adjective)
- discerning (adjective)
- efficient (adjective)
- far-sighted (adjective)
- farsighted (adjective)
- hard-nosed/hardheaded (adjective)
- hardheaded (adjective)
- ingenious (adjective)
- insightful (adjective)
- intuitive (adjective)
- judicious (adjective)
- keen (adjective)
- knowing (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- politic (adjective)
- pragmatical (adjective)
- profound (adjective)
- provident (adjective)
- prudent (adjective)
- quick (adjective)
- quick-witted (adjective)
- realistic (adjective)
- reasonable (adjective)
- sagacious (adjective)
- sensible (adjective)
- serpentine (adjective)
- sharp-witted (adjective)
- shifty (adjective)
- slick (adjective)
- sly (adjective)
- smart (adjective)
- street-smart (adjective)
- subtle (adjective)
- tricky (adjective)
- true-life (adjective)
- unromantic (adjective)
- wise (adjective)
- witty (adjective)
- calculative (noun)
- clever (noun)
- common-sense (noun)
- conniving (noun)
- far-sighted (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Shrewd:
adj.
• Machiavellian (adjective) • artful (adjective) • astute (adjective)- more intelligent,
- quick on uptake,
- savviest,
- sharp as tack,
- on ball,
- quick the uptake,
- quick uptake.
- more nimble witted,
- Worldlywise,
- heppest,
- most nimble-witted,
- more acute,
- most nimblewitted,
- more streetwise,
- nimblewitted,
- most streetwise,
- most nimble witted,
- more nimble-witted,
- nimble witted,
- more nimblewitted.
- with one's eyes peeled,
- walking on eggs,
- watching out,
- taking it slow,
- on the lookout,
- watching one's step,
- pussyfoot,
- forethoughtful,
- keeping on one's toes,
- all ears,
- playing it cool,
- taking it easy,
- with eyes peeled,
- on lookout,
- hedging one's bets,
- thinking twice.
- most crackerjack,
- most knowledgeable,
- dexterous-dextrous,
- nobody's fool,
- pro,
- nobody fool,
- dexterousdextrous,
- most egghead,
- manysided,
- witty,
- nobodys fool,
- many sided,
- dexterous dextrous,
- quick trigger,
- more egghead,
- most capable,
- more crackerjack,
- more skilled,
- more talented.
- inside,
- slippery,
- sharp,
- up on,
- wised up,
- shark,
- piercing,
- on top of,
- heady,
- Argute,
- underhand,
- penetrating,
- knowing,
- discerning,
- brainy,
- cutting,
- Astucious,
- on the inside,
- discriminating,
- smart,
- smooth,
- slick,
- probing,
- in the know,
- acute,
- keen.
- levelheaded,
- matter-of-fact,
- most hard-headed,
- more hard-headed,
- most hard headed,
- hard headed,
- more hard headed.
- masterful,
- scheming,
- feline,
- skillful,
- fancy footwork,
- deft,
- snaky,
- sly boots,
- quick,
- wary,
- masterly.
- more conniving,
- more conspiring,
- de signing,
- most conniving,
- de-signing,
- un scrupulous,
- most conspiring,
- un-scrupulous.
- in direct,
- faking out,
- under handed,
- playing politics,
- in-sincere,
- in sincerest,
- insincere,
- most obliquitous,
- in-sincerer,
- doubledealing,
- under-handed,
- in-sincerest,
- more obliquitous,
- in-direct,
- shady,
- in sincerer,
- in sincere.
- more clear-sighted,
- most percipient,
- in-sighted,
- clear sighted,
- more gnostic,
- in sighted,
- gnostic,
- more clearsighted,
- most clear sighted,
- more insighted,
- most clearsighted,
- most gnostic,
- more clear sighted,
- most clear-sighted,
- more percipient,
- most insighted.
- wellorganized,
- most well-organized,
- potent,
- most wellorganized,
- more wellorganized,
- most valuable,
- most well organized,
- more well organized,
- more efficient,
- most efficient,
- more well-organized,
- well organized.
- far seeing,
- more far seeing,
- most farseeing,
- most far seeing,
- most far-seeing,
- more far-seeing,
- more farseeing.
- more tough nut,
- headstrong,
- re solute,
- head strong,
- most toughnut,
- un-sentimental,
- un yielding,
- most tough nut,
- toughnut,
- hard boiled,
- most hardheaded,
- more toughnut,
- more tough-nut,
- hard nosed,
- most tough-nut,
- more unsentimental,
- re-solute,
- more hard nosed,
- hard-nosed,
- un sentimental,
- in-tractable,
- most unsentimental,
- un-yielding,
- in tractable.
- innovational,
- innovative,
- most innovational,
- more innovative,
- most deviceful,
- more deviceful,
- more innovational.
- ear to ground,
- ear the ground,
- most penetrative,
- under-standing,
- more penetrative,
- knows what what,
- ear ground,
- knows whats what,
- under standing.
- dis-criminating,
- judicial,
- well-judged,
- most well-judged,
- dis criminating,
- most welljudged,
- more welljudged,
- welljudged,
- well judged,
- most well judged,
- more well judged,
- welladvised,
- more well-judged.
- intelligent,
- versed,
- cognizant,
- encylopedic,
- experienced,
- learned,
- omniscient,
- educated,
- competent,
- intellectual,
- erudite,
- informed.
- canny,
- sensible,
- opportunistic,
- quick on the trigger,
- pragmatical,
- profound,
- streetwise,
- devious,
- pennypinching,
- snakelike,
- wise,
- guileful,
- Double dealing,
- worldly wise,
- tricky,
- twisting and turning,
- serpentine,
- prudent,
- unfantastic,
- sneaking,
- having all marbles,
- eggheaded,
- well-reasoned,
- judgmatic,
- unsentimental,
- crazy like fox,
- percipient,
- nimble-witted,
- unidealistic,
- smart as a whip,
- coolheaded,
- Hepper,
- having all one's marbles,
- true-life,
- sly,
- farsighted,
- obliquitous,
- commonsense,
- equal to,
- clear-sighted,
- Hard-headed,
- sharp as a tack,
- ingenious,
- hardboiled,
- designing,
- unromantic,
- dextrous,
- wily,
- subtle,
- long-haired,
- insightful,
- sagacious,
- farseeing,
- locked in,
- well thought out,
- insighted,
- unwasteful,
- astute,
- calculating,
- playing games,
- realistic,
- Witted,
- diplomatic,
- judicious,
- crazy like a fox,
- tough-nut,
- faking one out,
- well-thought-out,
- naturalistic,
- ear to the ground,
- clever,
- quick on the uptake,
- orphic,
- all there,
- quick on the draw,
- well-organized,
- familiar with,
- perspicacious,
- quick-witted,
- cautious,
- prevaricatory,
- prevaricative,
- in right mind,
- quick on trigger,
- sharp-sighted,
- having fancy footwork,
- smooth-spoken,
- deep,
- politic,
- tuned in,
- quick-thinking,
- cagey,
- not straightforward,
- good for,
- efficient,
- street-smart,
- well-prepared,
- hardnosed,
- Deviceful,
- Acroamatic,
- well advised,
- head-strong,
- good at,
- penetrative,
- mazy,
- crafty,
- matter of fact,
- far-seeing,
- knows what's what,
- sage,
- hep,
- clearsighted,
- tough nut,
- witting,
- artful,
- shifty.
- more orphic,
- more acroamatic,
- pro-founder,
- pro-found,
- pro found,
- most acroamatic,
- hermetic,
- most orphic,
- pro founder.
- more well-prepared,
- well prepared,
- more well prepared,
- fore-sighted,
- most unwasteful,
- more unwasteful,
- fore sighted,
- more wellprepared,
- most wellprepared,
- most well prepared,
- pre-pared,
- un wasteful,
- wellprepared,
- pre pared,
- most well-prepared,
- un-wasteful.
- more sharpsighted,
- most sharp sighted,
- more sharp sighted,
- sharp sighted,
- most sharp-sighted,
- most sharpsighted,
- quickwitted,
- sharpsighted,
- quick witted,
- more sharp-sighted.
- most unfantastic,
- most unidealistic,
- more unfantastic,
- un fantastic,
- more unidealistic,
- un-fantastic,
- un idealistic,
- un-idealistic.
- having one's marbles,
- well reasoned,
- wellreasoned,
- having marbles,
- most witting,
- most well thought out,
- most well reasoned,
- most wellreasoned,
- more well-reasoned,
- most well-reasoned,
- most well-thought-out,
- having one marbles,
- more witting,
- more wellreasoned,
- having all one marbles,
- more well thought out,
- more well reasoned,
- having ones marbles,
- having all ones marbles,
- more well-thought-out.
- maziest,
- more snakelike,
- Meandrous,
- most coiling,
- more twisting,
- most twisting,
- more coiling,
- most snakelike,
- twisting turning,
- mazier.
- more quick thinking,
- more quick-thinking,
- sharp witted,
- quick thinking,
- more quickthinking,
- most quick thinking,
- most quickthinking,
- quickthinking,
- most quick-thinking,
- sharpwitted.
- more equivocating,
- most shuffling,
- Unhonest,
- mendacious,
- un honest,
- most equivocating,
- un-truthful,
- fly by night,
- more prevaricative,
- more shuffling,
- dis-honest,
- more dodging,
- more prevaricatory,
- most prevaricative,
- dis honest,
- most prevaricatory,
- un principled,
- most unhonest,
- un-honest,
- un-principled,
- more unhonest,
- most dodging.
- more smooth-spoken,
- more smoothspoken,
- more dextrous,
- smooth spoken,
- most dextrous,
- most smooth spoken,
- most smoothspoken,
- smoothspoken,
- most smooth-spoken,
- more smooth spoken.
- impish,
- dis honorable,
- most dissembling,
- more dissembling,
- most bluffing,
- dis-honorable,
- more bluffing.
n.
• calculative (noun) • clever (noun) • common-sense (noun) • conniving (noun) • far-sighted (noun) • Other relevant words: (noun)v.
• Other relevant words: (verb)Other synonyms:
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•
- savvy,
- thoughtful.
- discernment,
- acumen,
- quality,
- behavior,
- perceptiveness,
- wisdom,
- trait,
- judgment,
- skill,
- astuteness,
- intelligence,
- guile,
- feature,
- attribute,
- judiciousness,
- insight,
- sharpness,
- craftiness,
- accuracy,
- smartness,
- cleverness,
- perspicacity,
- Canniness,
- characteristic.
- delicate,
- awake,
- sharply,
- sunshiny,
- expedition,
- deny,
- readiness,
- acuate,
- reptilian,
- blue,
- cut,
- betray,
- provident,
- imaginative,
- fulgurating,
- understanding,
- Contriving,
- Trickish,
- discreet,
- facile,
- preparedness,
- defraud,
- astringent,
- reasonable,
- unscrupulous,
- ignore,
- Acumination,
- crackerjack,
- deliberately,
- scholastic,
- sagely,
- duplicitous,
- dodgy,
- promptness,
- wisely,
- ingeniously,
- readily,
- talented,
- vigilant,
- cunningly,
- parlous,
- tactical,
- craftily,
- doubt,
- aware,
- vulpine,
- sophistical,
- tricksy,
- cheat,
- bamboozle,
- oily,
- Book-learned,
- significant,
- hairline,
- furtive,
- skilled,
- unctuous,
- leery,
- deep-laid,
- expressive,
- intelligently,
- private,
- Conspiring,
- rogue,
- deceitful,
- discriminative,
- neat,
- eagle-eyed,
- jesuitical,
- smartly,
- pawky,
- machiavellian,
- believable,
- sharp-worded,
- underhanded,
- inscribe,
- mindful,
- savant,
- observational,
- cannily,
- wide-awake,
- activity,
- sagaciously,
- Plotting,
- tightly,
- fear,
- byzantine,
- original,
- slim,
- critical,
- political,
- knowledgeable,
- raw,
- biting,
- false,
- golden eagle,
- trained,
- felicitous,
- agility,
- tactful,
- artfully,
- well-educated,
- up to snuff,
- speedily,
- bent,
- Daedalian,
- on guard,
- Apprehending,
- abrupt,
- meaningful,
- on the ball,
- hidden,
- engrave,
- Keen-witted,
- crooked,
- satiny,
- thin,
- mistrust,
- Self-taught,
- oppose,
- solid,
- trenchant,
- handy,
- perfidious,
- tidy,
- hard-boiled,
- Subdolous,
- contradict,
- eloquent,
- rapidity,
- be at variance,
- suspicion,
- rational,
- cognisant,
- precipitous,
- defy,
- practised,
- insidious,
- roguish,
- alive to,
- bad,
- swiftly,
- dexterous,
- sapient,
- perceptively,
- prescient,
- two-faced,
- go against,
- bitter,
- enlightened,
- ENG,
- two-timing,
- foresighted,
- serious,
- thievish,
- fey,
- sharp-eyed,
- evasive,
- expert,
- cagy,
- inkling,
- thorough,
- knowingly,
- well-versed,
- good,
- artificial,
- polite,
- apperceptive,
- satanic,
- Subtile,
- mephistophelian,
- watchful,
- knave,
- supple,
- give information,
- casuistic,
- disingenuous,
- deceptive,
- controvert,
- wise man,
- needlelike,
- sleight,
- nimble,
- apt,
- well-read,
- proficient,
- dexterity,
- promptly,
- au fait,
- carefully,
- Grounded,
- prepared,
- circumspect,
- stealthy,
- efficiency,
- traitorous,
- shrill,
- dishonest,
- slimy,
- Clear-headed,
- no,
- diabolical,
- crisp,
- arch,
- accomplished,
- devilish,
- Comprehending,
- shrewdly,
- cheating,
- creative,
- adept,
- credible,
- rapier,
- harsh,
- close,
- carve,
- smarmy,
- master,
- prompt,
- conspiratorial,
- prudently,
- hard,
- nimbleness,
- cute,
- Deceiving,
- lettered,
- apprehension,
- smarting,
- beguile,
- knifelike,
- hip,
- sophistic,
- celerity,
- rapidly,
- commonsensical,
- instructed,
- deceive,
- observant,
- delude,
- apprehensive,
- timeserving,
- qualified,
- incisive,
- quickness,
- street smart,
- responsive,
- capable,
- agile,
- plausible,
- treacherous,
- strategic,
- skilful,
- contravene,
- appercipient,
- sneaky,
- knowledgable,
- stinging,
- pretend,
- prehensile,
- rascal,
- aptness,
- sane,
- untrustworthy,
- Deep-read,
- clear,
- long-headed,
- nefarious,
- appropriateness,
- undimmed,
- judiciously,
- guarded,
- quickly,
- virulence,
- beguiling,
- professional,
- ready,
- heedful,
- expeditiously,
- collusive,
- spiky,
- keen-eyed,
- acrid,
- gifted,
- Sharp-witted,
- attentive,
- alacrity,
- Discerningly,
- calculated,
- cleverly,
- acerbic,
- secret,
- speed,
- endowed,
- alert,
- intriguing,
- all-knowing,
- Foxlike,
- alive,
- poignant,
- distrust,
- belie,
- suddenly,
- mode,
- hawk,
- evil,
- conscious,
- bookish,
- regardful,
- prickly,
- astutely,
- sell,
- tart,
- circumvent,
- perspicuous,
- clear-eyed,
- janus-faced,
- Leaned,
- fly,
- sensitive.
How to use "Shrewd" in context?
Being shrewd isn't just a good personality trait, it's a smart way to get ahead in life. Here are some tips for being shrewd:
1. Keep your eyes open. Pay attention to what's happening around you and take note of what others are saying or doing. This will help you to anticipate what might happen and make better decisions.
2. Think ahead. When you're making a decision, don't just go with your emotions. Think about the consequences of your actions and how they'll affect other people or things. This will help you to be more rational and less impulsive.
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Adjective
adept, intelligent, prudent, sensible, sharp, skilful, sophisticated, subtle, thoughtful, visionary.
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Adjective
clear-sighted, crafty, cunning, discerning, ingenious, insightful, judicious, perceptive, skilled, skillful, smart, wise, far-sighted, smarter.
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Homophones for Shrewd:
- secured, shroud, swart, seaward, squirt, serried, shirty, square root, sugar daddy, skirret, shard, score out, scoured, showerhead, shredded, shortia, saccharide, sherwood, surd, Sorehead, scarred, soured, suharto, sierra redwood, short, show card, skyward, squaw root, screed, sword, swertia, sheared, saucer-eyed, squared-toe, sciuridae, scrod, serrate, sacred, sort out, short-headed, scared, sea squirt, shred, sortie, surety, sciarid, Serratia, short-dated, seward, see red, share-out, sisyridae, sayeret, skirt, shared out, sigurd, serrated, square-toed, sorority, surtout, sward, square yard, seurat, sordid, shared, seared, squash court, swarthy, sawwort, squawroot, sewer rat, sourwood, seaworthy, schrod, sorted, sash cord, sort, sarda, secret, sore-eyed, scaridae, sugared, swear out, sard, squared, secrete, security, susurrate, sherd, swearword, shore duty, sciaridae, shirt, Swiss Chard, seagirt, shaggy-haired.
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