savvy.

1. Well informed about how a particular activity or situation works.

2. Practical knowledge and good judgment about how things work.

3. To understand something, especially in a colloquial question.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• politically savvy
• media-savvy

On the page

A savvy editor spotted the misleading comparison immediately.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more savvy; superlative most savvy when comparison is meaningful.. Noun use is uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: savvies.