Antonyms for streetwise
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : street-wahyz |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈstritˌwaɪz |
- aboveboard
- amateurish
- awkward
- blunt
- careless
- clumsy
- coarse
- dull
- easy
- enchanted
- encouraged
- enthusiastic
- excited
- foolish
- forthright
- frank
- frivolous
- gullible
- hasty
- honest
- idiotic
- ignorant
- imbecile
- imprudent
- incautious
- inept
- inexperienced
- kind
- naive
- noncompetitive
- obtuse
- open
- rash
- reckless
- rough
- senseless
- shy
- silly
- simple
- slow
- straight
- straightforward
- stupid
- thoughtless
- unambitious
- uncareful
- unclever
- uncomplicated
- uncool
- uncultivated
- uncultured
- unimaginative
- unintelligent
- unpolished
- unreasonable
- unrefined
- unskilled
- unskillful
- unsophisticated
- unstylish
- unthinking
- unwise
Definition of streetwise
Origin :- 1965, from street + wise (adj.) "smart, savvy."
- As in savvy : adj shrewd
- As in shrewd : adj clever, intelligent
- As in slick : adj smart, clever
- As in sophisticated : adj cosmopolitan, cultured
- As in street smart : adj shrewd
- As in tricky : adj deceptive, sly
- As in wily : adj crafty, clever
- As in canny : adj clever, artful
- As in street-smart : adj able to survive city
- As in competitive : adj willing to oppose
- As in crafty : adj clever, scheming
- As in cunning : adj devious
Synonyms for streetwise
- able
- acute
- adroit
- adult
- aggressive
- ambitious
- antagonistic
- arch
- argute
- artful
- artificial
- astucious
- astute
- at odds
- been around
- blasé
- bored
- brainy
- cagey
- calculating
- canny
- careful
- catchy
- cautious
- circumspect
- citified
- clever
- combative
- competing
- cool
- couth
- crafty
- crazy like a fox
- crazy like fox
- crooked
- cultivated
- cunning
- cutthroat
- cutting
- cynical
- deceitful
- deceptive
- deep
- deft
- delusive
- delusory
- designing
- devious
- dexterous
- dextrous
- discerning
- discreet
- discriminating
- disenchanted
- dishonest
- disillusioned
- disingenuous
- dog-eat-dog
- duplicitous
- emulous
- experienced
- fancy footwork
- farsighted
- foxy
- fraudulent
- frugal
- glib
- greasy
- guileful
- hardened
- having fancy footwork
- heady
- hep
- in
- in the know
- ingenious
- inside
- insidious
- intelligent
- into
- intriguing
- jaded
- jet-set
- judicious
- keen
- killer
- killer instinct
- knowing
- laid-back
- Machiavellian
- mature
- meretricious
- misleading
- mondaine
- nimble-witted
- on the ball
- on the inside
- on to
- on top of
- opposing
- penetrating
- perceptive
- perspicacious
- piercing
- plausible
- practical
- practiced
- probing
- professional
- profound
- prudent
- quick
- quick-witted
- refined
- rival
- sagacious
- savvy
- scheming
- schooled
- seasoned
- sensible
- shady
- shark
- sharp
- shifty
- shrewd
- skeptical
- skillful
- slick
- slippery
- sly
- sly boots
- smart
- smarts
- smooth
- smooth-spoken
- sneaky
- sophisticated
- specious
- stagy
- street smart
- street-smart
- streetwise
- studied
- suave
- subtle
- svelte
- switched on
- treacherous
- tricky
- unctuous
- underhand
- underhanded
- up on
- uptown
- urbane
- vulpine
- vying
- wary
- watchful
- well-bred
- wily
- wise
- wise to
- wised up
- with it
- witted
- world-weary
- worldly
- worldly wise
- worldly-wise
- wry
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