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

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne