SHREWDNESSES Synonyms

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

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

• a tapering point

• shrewdness shown by keen insight

• the power of creative imagination

• intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty

• the property of being ingenious

• the cognitive condition of someone who understands

• delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)

• perception of that which is obscure

• the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

• the trait of judging wisely and objectively

• 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

• a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something

• thinness of edge or fineness of point

• the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

• the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating

• 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

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