Meanings
comparative street-smarter · superlative street-smartest
- Having practical rather than theoretical knowledge, like that learned on the streets rather than in the classroom.
im street smarter than him yo
1 more example
For Liverpool, it capped six days of desperate disappointment after missing out on the Premier League to Manchester City by a single point then losing to this experienced, street-smart Real team.
2022 May 28, Phil McCulty, “Liverpool 0-1 Real Madrid”, in BBC Sport
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environment
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Back-formation from street smarts.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish katuviisas
- katuviisashaving practical knowledge
German bauernschlau
- bauernschlauhaving practical knowledge
Hungarian élelmes
- élelmeshaving practical knowledge
Polish praktycznie mądry
- praktycznie mądryhaving practical knowledge
Portuguese malandro
- malandrohaving practical knowledge
Spanish espabilado, resabiado
- espabiladohaving practical knowledge
- resabiadohaving practical knowledge
- cancherohaving practical knowledge
- despabiladohaving practical knowledge
- resabiosohaving practical knowledge
- sotretahaving practical knowledge
Cite this entry
street-smart. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/street-smart
“street-smart.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/street-smart. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “street-smart,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/street-smart.
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