# shrewdness

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #96,479

## Definitions
1. The quality of being shrewd.
2. An invented collective name for a group of apes.

## Etymology
From shrewd + -ness.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/shrewdness