shrewd

Other forms of shrewd

comparative

shrewder·

superlative

shrewdest·

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 shrewd

What does shrewd mean?

shrewd means "marked by practical hardheaded intelligence". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shrewd?

shrewd has 1 syllable: shrewd. In IPA it is /ˈʃɹud/.

What is another word for shrewd?

Close synonyms include astute, sharp, calculating, calculative, conniving. 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 shrewd a common word?

shrewd 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.