Synonyms of the word

shrewd

• adj. showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.
• adj. artful, tricky or cunning.
• adj. streetwise.
• adj. knowledgeable.
• adj. (archaic) Scolding, satirical, sharp.

astute

• adj. quickly and critically discerning.
• adj. shrewd or crafty.

calculating

• adj. (especially of a robot) Which has the ability to calculate.
• adj. (especially of a person) Which serves one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner.
• v. present participle of calculate.

calculative

• adj. Of, pertaining to, or involving calculation.

conniving

• v. present participle of connive.
• adj. That connives; conspiratorial.

hard

• adj. (of material or fluid) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
• adj. (personal or social) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
• adj. Unquestionable.
• adj. (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
• adj. (slang, vulgar, of a male) Sexually aroused.
• adj. (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
• adj. (phonetics, not comparable).
• adj. (art) Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.
• adj. (not comparable) In the form of a hard copy.
• adv. (manner) With much force or effort.
• adv. (manner) With difficulty.
• adv. (obsolete) So as to raise difficulties.
• adv. (manner) Compactly.
• adv. (now archaic) Near, close.
• n. (countable, nautical) A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
• n. (uncountable, drugs, colloquial, slang) crack cocaine.

scheming

• v. present participle of scheme.
• adj. (pejorative) Tending to scheme.

sharp

• adj. Able to cut easily.
• adj. (colloquial) Intelligent.
• adj. Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded.
• adj. (music) Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
• adj. (music) Higher in pitch than required.
• adj. Having an intense, acrid flavour.
• adj. Sudden and intense.
• adj. (colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.
• adj. (colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd.
• adj. Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
• adj. Offensive, critical, or acrimonious.
• adj. (colloquial) Stylish or attractive.
• adj. Observant; alert; acute.
• adj. Forming a small angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
• adj. Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
• adj. (mathematics, of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible.
• adj. (chess) Tactical; risky.
• adj. Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
• adj. Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
• adj. (obsolete) Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
• adj. Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
• adj. (phonetics, dated) Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.
• adv. To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.
• adv. (not comparable) Exactly.
• adv. (music) In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.
• n. (music) The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff…
• n. (music) A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed…
• n. (music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.
• n. (music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
• n. (usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
• n. A sharp tool or weapon.
• n. (medicine) A hypodermic syringe.
• n. (medicine, dated) A scalpel or other edged instrument used in surgery.
• n. A dishonest person; a cheater.
• n. Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
• n. A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
• n. (in the plural) middlings.
• n. (slang, dated) An expert.
• n. A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
• v. (music) To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.
• v. To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.

smart

• v. (intransitive) To hurt or sting.
• v. (transitive) To cause a smart or sting in.
• v. To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to suffer; to feel the sting of evil.
• adj. Causing sharp pain; stinging.
• adj. Sharp; keen; poignant.
• adj. Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
• adj. Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.
• adj. (often in combination) Equipped with digital/computer technology.
• adj. Good-looking.
• adj. Cleverly shrewd and humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful.
• adj. Sudden and intense.
• adj. (US, Southern, dated) Intense in feeling; painful. Used usually with the adverb intensifier right.
• adj. (archaic) Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.
• adj. (archaic) Pretentious; showy; spruce.
• adj. (archaic) Brisk; fresh.
• n. A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.
• n. Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction.
• n. Smart-money.
• n. (slang, dated) A dandy; one who is smart in dress; one who is brisk, vivacious, or clever.