SHREWDNESS Synonyms

• a tapering point

• shrewdness shown by keen insight

• the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white

• intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty

• the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light

• the power of creative imagination

• intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty

• the property of being ingenious

• shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

• crafty artfulness (especially in deception)

• attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness

• marked by skill in deception

• showing inventiveness and skill

• knowledge and intellectual ability

• the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination

• a person who uses the mind creatively

• the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience

• a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy

• secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy)

• information about recent and important events

• the operation of gathering information about an enemy

• a quick and penetrating intelligence

• the attribute of urgency in tone of voice

• a strong odor or taste property

• the quality of being keenly and painfully felt

• thinness of edge or fineness of point

• the quality of being sharp and clear

• harshness of manner

• a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore

• intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty

• elegance by virtue of being fashionable

• liveliness and eagerness

• intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)

• intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)

• the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions