Street smarts
Street smarts noun - A shrewd ability to survive in a dangerous urban environment.
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Synonyms for Street smarts
Wisdom and street smarts are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wisdom" instead a noun phrase "Street smarts".
Wisdom
Wisdom noun - The ability to make intelligent decisions especially in everyday matters.
Usage example: had overstayed her welcome and lacked the wisdom to know it
Street smarts and wisdom are semantically related. You can use "Street smarts" instead a noun "Wisdom".
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Related pairs
- understanding and street smarts
- understanding and wisdom
- sense and street smarts
- sense and wisdom
- discernment and street smarts
- discernment and wisdom
- prudence and street smarts
- prudence and wisdom
- common sense and street smarts
- common sense and wisdom
- wit and street smarts
- wit and wisdom
- intelligence and street smarts
- intelligence and wisdom
Both terms in one sentence
- Wisdom is generally a combination of "Common Sense/Instinct" and "Street Smarts", which fits in with several of the skills who use Wisdom and directly contrasts "Intelligence" (the classic "Book Smart" stat).
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