Street smart and Worldly

Street smart

Street smart adjective - Having the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environment.
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Worldly and street smart are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Worldly" instead an adjective phrase "Street smart".

Worldly

Worldly adjective - Having a wide and refined knowledge of the world especially from personal experience.

Street smart and worldly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Street smart" instead an adjective "Worldly".

Nearby Words: world, worldling

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  • A classic inversion of the "not book smart but street smart" phrase, their scholarly knowledge far exceeds their worldly knowledge.
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