street smarts
noun [plural] USDefinition
› the ability to manage or succeed in difficult or dangerous situations, especially in big towns or cities: You haven't got the street smarts to last ten minutes in New York without getting ripped off.Wise and sensibleKnowledge and awareness
(Definition of street smarts noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- abroad adverb (GOING AROUND)
- acquaintance noun
- as every schoolboy/schoolchild knows idiom
- at/in the back of your mind idiom
- awareness noun
- be ahead of the game idiom
- common adjective (USUAL)
- consciousness noun (UNDERSTANDING)
- experience noun
- experiential adjective
- familiarity noun (KNOWLEDGE)
- general knowledge noun
- given preposition
- grounding noun
- insight noun
- ken noun
- knowledge noun
- literacy noun
- perception noun (SIGHT)
- secret noun
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