Synonyms for shrewd
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : shrood |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʃrud |
Top 10 synonyms for shrewd Other synonyms for the word shrewd
- acute
- argute
- artful
- astucious
- brainy
- calculating
- cunning
- cutting
- deep
- discerning
- discriminating
- foxy
- heady
- in the know
- inside
- knowing
- on the inside
- on top of
- perspicacious
- piercing
- probing
- profound
- prudent
- quick-witted
- sagacious
- savvy
- sensible
- shark
- sharp
- slick
- slippery
- sly
- smart
- smooth
- streetwise
- tricky
- underhand
- up on
- wily
- wise
- wised up
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for shrewd
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