savvy

1. 1.

   get the meaning of something

   “Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?”

   Synonymsgrokget the picturecomprehenddiggraspcompassapprehend

   Broaderunderstand

   Narrowerfigurecatch onintuitdigest

Other forms of savvy

plural

savvies·

past tense or participle

savvied

present participle

savvying·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about savvy

What does savvy mean?

savvy means "the cognitive condition of someone who understands". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in savvy?

savvy has 2 syllables: sav-vy. The stress falls on "sav". In IPA it is /ˈsævi/.

What is another word for savvy?

Close synonyms include understanding, apprehension, discernment, grok, get the picture. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is savvy a common word?

savvy is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.