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".
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- knowing and street smart
- knowing and worldly
- smooth and street smart
- smooth and worldly
- wise and street smart
- wise and worldly
- mature and street smart
- mature and worldly
- sharp and street smart
- sharp and worldly
- smart and street smart
- smart and worldly
- intelligent and street smart
- intelligent and worldly
Both terms in one sentence
- A classic inversion of the "not book smart but street smart" phrase, their scholarly knowledge far exceeds their worldly knowledge.
Source: Nerds Are Innocent
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