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streetsmart

streetsmart is the alternative spelling of street-smart.

Meaning of street-smart

Adjective

street-smart (comparative street-smarter, superlative street-smartest)

  1. Having practical rather than theoretical knowledge, like that learned on the streets rather than in the classroom.
    • im street smarter than him yo

Forms of streetsmart

comparativemore streetsmart
superlativemost streetsmart

Origin of streetsmart

From street + smart.

Questions about streetsmart

What is streetsmart the alternative spelling of?
Streetsmart is the alternative spelling of street-smart.

Words near streetsmart in the dictionary

  1. streetscaping
  2. streetseller
  3. streetsellers
  4. streetsful
  5. streetside
  6. streetsmart
  7. streetstyle
  8. Streetsville
  9. Streett
  10. Streetts
  11. streetwalker

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Adapted from Wiktionary: streetsmart (page history and authors); street-smart (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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