shrewdadjective
uk/ʃruːd/us/ʃruːd/approvingC2 having or based on a clear understanding and good judgment of a situation, resulting in an advantage:
[ + to infinitive ] He was shrewd enough not to take the job when there was the possibility of getting a better one a few months later.
She is a shrewd politician who wants to avoid offending the electorate unnecessarily.
It was a shrewd move to buy your house just before property prices started to rise.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Wise and sensible
- an old/a wise head on young shoulders idiom
- be a victory for common sense idiom
- canny
- discerning
- discriminating
- far-sighted
- gnomic
- legitimacy
- neatly
- no flies on sb idiom
- no-nonsense
- out of the mouths of babes (and sucklings) idiom
- perspective
- responsible
- right-minded
- sagacious
- sage
- savoir-faire
- wise
- wisely
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shrewdly
adverb uk/ˈʃruːd.li/us/ˈʃruːd.li/
She shrewdly predicted the stock market crash.
shrewdness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈʃruːd.nəs/us/ˈʃruːd.nəs/