Antonyms for shrewd

Grammar : Adj

Spell : shrood

Phonetic Transcription : ʃrud

Definition of shrewd

Origin : c.1300, "wicked, evil," from shrewe "wicked man" (see shrew). Cf. crabbed from crab (n.), dogged from dog (n.), wicked from witch (n.). The sense of "cunning" is first recorded 1510s. Related: Shrewdly; shrewdness. Strutt's "Sports and Pastimes of the People of England" (1801) has a shrewdness of apes for a company or group of them. Shrewdie "cunning person" is from 1916.

adj clever, intelligent

Example sentences :

Christine was not over-intelligent, perhaps, but she was shrewd.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

One was an elderly savage, with a wrinkled, shrewd countenance.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

England had been shrewd enough to guarantee them their domains and revenues.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

Some of his sayings were shrewd and sharp; but he was sometimes aggressive.
Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro

Oh, shrewd people, Mr Clennam: evidently people of business!
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

For she was wise and shrewd—of that pure leaven of womankind which leaveneth all the rest.
Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman

He did not love his kind, and he was shrewd enough to escape hurt himself.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

Every blow was shrewd to hurt; and he delivered a multitude of blows.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

He knew her for a clever woman, a shrewd woman, even a daring woman.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

Nearly all railroads became in time the foot-balls of shrewd manipulators.
Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee

Synonyms for shrewd

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