Dictionary Entry
shrewd
shrewd is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence, vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious; rough; unfair; shrewish. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 12 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1superlative
Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence, vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious; rough; unfair; shrewish.
- 2superlative
Artful; wily; cunning; arch.
- 3superlative
Able or clever in practical affairs; sharp in business; astute; sharp-witted; sagacious; keen; as, a shrewd observer; a shrewd design; a shrewd reply.
- 4adjective
marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
"a smart businessman"
"an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"
- 5adjective
used of persons
"the most calculating and selfish men in the community"
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