streetwise
English
adj
Definitions
- Having the necessary knack, personality and instinct for survival in rough, urban environments.
- Possessing a style that embodies the life and microculture located within urban settings, typically in the States.
Etymology
Compound from English street + English -wise.
Origin
English
-wise
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -wise English
- Sussex Drive English
- backstreet English
- bystreet English
- downstreet English
- multistreet English
- one-way street English
- outstreet English
- playstreet English
- restreet English
- stopstreet English
- street English
- street harassment English
- street lamp English
- street map English
- street-lamp English
- streetage English
- streetball English
- streetcar English
- streetcleaner English
- streetcorner English
- streeted English
- streetfight English
- streetfighter English
- streetfighting English
- streetfolk English
- streetfront English
- streetful English
- streetlamp English
- streetless English
- streetlet English
- streetlife English
- streetlight English
- streetlighting English
- streetlike English
- streetling English
- streetness English
- streetology English
- streetproof English
- streetscape English
- streetseller English
- streetside English
- streetsmart English
- streetstyle English
- streetwalker English
- streetwalking English
- streetwall English
- streetward English
- streetwards English
- streetway English
- streetwear English
- streetwiseness English
- streetworker English
- streetworthy English
- streety English
- unstreetwise English
- upstreet English
- walke-street English
- Straße German
- ストリート Japanese
- -wis Middle English
- streete Middle English
- strado Ido
- tiriti Maori
- títì Yoruba
- -wise
- street
- streety
- bystreet
- upstreet
- streeted
- restreet
- streetful
- outstreet
- streetlet
- streetway
- streetage
- streetcar
- streetball
- streetling
- playstreet
- backstreet
- streetness
- stopstreet
- streetlike
- streetside
- streetwear
- streetlamp
- streetfolk
- downstreet
- street map
- streetlife
- streetward
- streetless
- streetwall
- streetproof
- street-lamp
- street lamp
- streetlight
- multistreet
- streetology
- streetfight
- streetscape
- streetfront
- streetwards
- streetstyle
- streetsmart
- streetworthy
- streetworker
- streetcorner
- Sussex Drive
- streetwalker
- walke-street
- unstreetwise
- streetseller
- streetwalking
- streetcleaner
- streetfighter
- streetfighting
- streetwiseness
- streetlighting
- one-way street
- street harassment