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Detailed Translations for shrewd from English to French

shrewd:

shrewd adj

  1. shrewd (cunning; vicious; mean; )
  2. shrewd (smart; canny; wily; sly)
  3. shrewd (calculating; cunning; sly; dodgy)
  4. shrewd (sly; cunning)
  5. shrewd (clever; astute; resourceful; )
  6. shrewd (astute; clever; intelligent; )

Translation Matrix for shrewd:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
bas hose; knee stocking; stocking; stockings
calculateur PC; calculator; computer
dégourdi cunning; shrewdness; slyness
fin cease; concluding observations; concluding piece; concluding remarks; conclusion; end; ending; far end; final; final end; final piece; finale; finish; finishing line; finishing point; in conclusion; knock off; quitting; stopping; termination; terminus; tip
hypocrite dissembler; equivocator; fly boy; hypocrite; sham; shifty character; slick customer; smooth operator; sneak
malin clever fox; cleverness; cunning; sagacity; shrewdness; sly dog; slyboots; slyness
méchant asshole; bastard; dickhead; jackanapes; naughty boy; naughty child; piece of shit; prick; rascal; rogue; scoundrel; shit; shithead
roublard fly boy; shifty character; slick customer; smooth operator; sneak
rusé cleverness; cunning; intelligence; sagacity; shrewdness; slick operator; slyboots; slyness
sournois fly boy; shifty character; slick customer; smooth operator; sneak; sneaks
traître betrayer; collaborator; quisling; squeaker; squealer; traitor; traitor to one's country; traitress; villain
vilain guy; lad; naughty boy; rascal; scamp; youth
AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- astute; calculating; calculative; conniving; scheming; sharp
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- artful; knowing
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
adroit astute; bright; calculating; clever; crafty; cunning; dodgy; ingenious; intelligent; sagacious; shrewd; skilful; skillful; sly; smart; wily; wise able; adroit; astute; bright; capable; clever; dexterous; easily; easy; effortless; expert; genuine; handy; neat; nimble; not difficult; not hard; perky; proficient; resourceful; serious; sharp; simple; skilful; skilled; skillful; smart; straight; trained; wily
agile astute; bright; clever; crafty; ingenious; intelligent; sagacious; shrewd; skilful; skillful; sly; smart; wily; wise able; adroit; agile; brisk; capable; clever; dexterous; easily; easy; effortless; expert; fast; fledged; handy; ingenious; keen; neat; nimble; not difficult; not hard; proficient; quick; rapid; simple; skilful; skillful; speedy; swift
aiguisé cunning; shrewd; sly cunning; dead sharp; roguish; sharpened; slick; sly
astucieusement astute; calculating; canny; clever; crafty; cunning; dodgy; resourceful; shrewd; sly; smart; wily astute; bright; clever; ingenious; keen; perky; resourceful; sharp; skilful; skillful; smart; wily
astucieux astute; bright; calculating; canny; clever; crafty; cunning; dodgy; ingenious; intelligent; resourceful; sagacious; shrewd; skilful; skillful; sly; smart; wily; wise astute; bright; clever; fantastic; ingenious; keen; marvellous; marvelous; perky; resourceful; sharp; silver-tongued; skilful; skillful; smart; terrific; wily
avec astuce cunning; shrewd; sly clever; ingenious; keen; skilful; skillful
avec ruse astute; clever; crafty; cunning; resourceful; shrewd; sly; smart; wily astute; bright; clever; perky; resourceful; sharp; smart; wily
avisé canny; shrewd; sly; smart; wily astute; bright; clever; dyed-in-the-wool; ingenious; keen; perky; resourceful; seasoned; sharp; skilful; skillful; smart; wily
bas cunning; false; low; mean; nasty; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; underhand; vicious; vile banal; base; below the belt; bogus; coarse; faint; faked; false; feigned; fictitious; gross; hushed; in an undertone; low; low-hanging; lying low; mean; muffled; nasty; not genuine; not high; pedestrian; rotten; shabby; sham; stingy; subdued; trite; trivial; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; vile; villainous; vulgar
bassement cunning; false; low; mean; nasty; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; underhand; vicious; vile banal; base; below the belt; bogus; coarse; faked; false; feigned; fictitious; gross; mean; nasty; not genuine; pedestrian; rotten; shabby; sham; stingy; trite; trivial; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; vile; villainous; vulgar
brillant astute; bright; clever; crafty; ingenious; intelligent; sagacious; shrewd; skilful; skillful; sly; smart; wily; wise beaming; beautiful; bright; brilliant; clever; delightful; fanciful; flaunting; glistening; glittering; glorious; glossy; grand; grandiose; great; highly gifted; ingenious; keen; luminous; marvellous; marvelous; phosphorescent; radiating; reflective; shining; shiny; showing; skilful; skillful; sparkling; splendid; swell; wonderful
calculateur calculating; cunning; dodgy; shrewd; sly
calculé calculating; cunning; dodgy; shrewd; sly thought over
débrouillard astute; bright; calculating; canny; clever; crafty; cunning; dodgy; ingenious; intelligent; resourceful; sagacious; shrewd; skilful; skillful; sly; smart; wily; wise astute; bright; clever; perky; resourceful; sharp; smart; wily
dégourdi calculating; canny; cunning; dodgy; shrewd; sly; smart; wily agile; agitated; aroused; astute; bright; clever; excited; fluttered; heated; perky; resourceful; sharp; smart; wily
fieffé cunning; false; low; mean; nasty; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; underhand; vicious; vile
fin cunning; shrewd; sly acute; astute; biting; bright; clever; cunning; cutting; dainty; delicate; easily hurt; elegant; fine; graceful; handsome; injurious; insulting; keen; lightly built; lovely; nice; nipping; offending; offensive; oversensitive; perky; personable; petite; precarious; pretty; refined; resourceful; roguish; sensitive; sharp; sharp-minded; sharpwitted; slender; slick; slight; sly; small-boned; smart; snap; snappy; sophisticated; stylish; subtle; susceptible; tender; thin; wily
futé astute; bright; canny; clever; crafty; cunning; false; ingenious; intelligent; low; mean; nasty; resourceful; sagacious; sharp; shrewd; skilful; skillful; slippery; sly; smart; underhand; vicious; vile; wily; wise astute; bright; clever; nimble; perky; quick; resourceful; sharp; smart; wily
habile astute; bright; clever; crafty; ingenious; intelligent; sagacious; shrewd; skilful; skillful; sly; smart; wily; wise able; adroit; agile; astute; bright; brisk; capable; clever; competent; considerate; dexterous; efficient; experienced; expert; fantastic; fast; fit; fledged; good; handy; ingenious; keen; marvellous; marvelous; neat; nimble; perky; physically capable; proficient; qualified; quick; rapid; resourceful; sharp; skilful; skilled; skillful; smart; speedy; swift; terrific; trained; wily
hypocrite cunning; false; low; mean; nasty; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; underhand; vicious; vile bad; behind one's back; falsely; feigned; foul; hypocritical; indecent; insincere; jarring; low; mean; nasty; offensive; pretencious; ribald; sanctimonious; scurvy; secretly; stealthily; vicious; vile
ingénieux astute; bright; clever; crafty; ingenious; intelligent; resourceful; sagacious; shrewd; skilful; skillful; sly; smart; wily; wise astute; bright; clever; creative; ingenious; inventive; keen; perky; resourceful; sharp; skilful; skillful; smart; wily; wise
intelligent astute; bright; canny; clever; crafty; ingenious; intelligent; resourceful; sagacious; shrewd; skilful; skillful; sly; smart; wily; wise able; acute; astute; biting; brainy; bright; brilliant; capable; clever; competent; efficient; good; intelligent; keen; knowledgable; perky; resourceful; right-thinking; sane; sensible; sharp; sharp-minded; sharpwitted; smart; wily; wise
judicieux astute; bright; clever; crafty; ingenious; intelligent; sagacious; shrewd; skilful; skillful; sly; smart; wily; wise appropriate; astute; bright; clever; perky; resourceful; sharp; significant; smart; wily
malin astute; bright; calculating; canny; clever; crafty; cunning; dodgy; false; ingenious; intelligent; low; mean; nasty; resourceful; sagacious; sharp; shrewd; skilful; skillful; slippery; sly; smart; underhand; vicious; vile; wily; wise astute; bright; clever; cunning; demonic; devilish; diabolic; fantastic; foul; ingenious; intelligent; keen; malicious; marvellous; marvelous; perky; resourceful; right-thinking; roguish; sane; satanic; sensible; sharp; slick; sly; smart; terrific; wily; wise
minable cunning; false; low; mean; nasty; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; underhand; vicious; vile abominable; bad; behind one's back; distressed; falsely; foul; indecent; jarring; lousy; low; meager; meagre; mean; miserable; nasty; offensive; paltry; parched; poor; poverty stricken; ragged; ribald; scurvy; secretly; shabby; shady; terrible; unsightly; vicious; vile; wretched
miteux cunning; false; low; mean; nasty; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; underhand; vicious; vile miserable; paltry; poor; ragged; shabby; shady; unsightly
méchant cunning; false; low; mean; nasty; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; underhand; vicious; vile bad; badly; banal; below the belt; bitchy; bogus; coarse; demonic; devilish; diabolic; doggish; dubious; evil-minded; faked; false; feigned; fictitious; foul; grimy; gross; low; malicious; mean; nasty; not genuine; obscure; pedestrian; problematic; questionable; rotten; satanic; scary; shabby; shady; sham; shifty; sinister; slimy; sly; stingy; suspect; suspicious; trite; trivial; uncertain; unmannerly; unreliable; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; venomous; very malignant; vicious; vile; virulent; vitriolic; vulgar; with evil intention
perfide cunning; false; low; mean; nasty; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; underhand; vicious; vile adulterous; bad; badly; behind one's back; bogus; cunning; demonic; devilish; diabolic; disloyal; evil-minded

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Related Definitions for "shrewd":

  1. marked by practical hardheaded intelligence1
    • he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow1
  2. used of persons1

Wiktionary Translations for shrewd:

shrewd
adjective
  1. showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
  2. artful, tricky or cunning
  3. streetwise
shrewd
adjective
  1. Fin, rusé, adroit
  2. Qui douer de pénétration d’esprit, de sagacité.