Shrewdness Synonyms

Intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. astuteness
  2. perspicacity
  3. sharpness
  4. perspicaciousness

Words Related to Shrewdness

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Shrewdness Sentence Examples

  • His history is a curious compound of artlessness and shrewdness.

  • Gabel, who veiled under a mysterious reticence considerable financial ability and uncommon shrewdness, had great influence over the irresolute king.

  • He throws a flood of light upon the manners and ideas of his own age; he sometimes comments with surprising shrewdness upon the broader aspects and tendencies of history.

  • Benjamin was thick-set and stout, with an expression of great shrewdness.

  • His assumptions are based upon ordinary observation and experience, and are usually accurate in proportion to his practical shrewdness and sagacity, so that he is not interested in the speculative flights of philosophy, except in so far as they influence or have influenced conduct.

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