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SHREWDNESS

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Dictionary entry overview: What does shrewdness mean?

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

1. intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)

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

Dictionary entry details

• SHREWDNESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

astuteness; perspicaciousness; perspicacity; shrewdness

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

intelligence (the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience)

Domain category:

business; business enterprise; commercial enterprise (the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects)

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

craft; craftiness; cunning; foxiness; guile; slyness; wiliness (shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception)

acumen; insightfulness (shrewdness shown by keen insight)

knowingness (shrewdness demonstrated by knowledge)

street smarts (a shrewd ability to survive in a dangerous urban environment)

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