Associations to the word «Streetwise»

Wiktionary

STREETWISE, adjective. Having the necessary knack, personality and instinct for survival in rough, urban environments.
STREETWISE, adjective. Possessing a style that embodies the life and microculture located within urban settings, typically in the States.

Dictionary definition

STREETWISE, adjective. Having the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environment.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin