worldly-wiseadjective
uk/ˌwɜːld.liˈwaɪz/us/ˌwɝːld.liˈwaɪz/experienced in the ways in which people behave and able to deal with most situations:
Tyler is remarkably worldly-wise for such a young girl.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Experienced
- a man/woman of the world idiom
- cosmopolitan
- duck
- experienced
- grandmother
- leading hand
- old-timer
- pedigreed
- practised
- ridge
- sea dog
- seasoned
- sophisticated
- sophistication
- take to sth like a duck to water idiom
- teach your grandmother to suck eggs idiom
- urbane
- veteran
- warhorse
- world
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