streetwise

1. 1.

   having the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environment

   Synonymsstreet smartwith-it

   Similarsmart

Other forms of streetwise

comparative

streetwiser·

superlative

streetwisest·

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 streetwise

What does streetwise mean?

streetwise means "having the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environment".

How many syllables are in streetwise?

streetwise has 2 syllables: stree-twise. The stress falls on "stree". In IPA it is /ˈstɹiˌtwaɪz/.

What is another word for streetwise?

Close synonyms include street smart, with-it. 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 streetwise a common word?

streetwise is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.