tech-savvy

Or tech sav·vy

[tek-sav-ee]

adjective

1. having much knowledge of or skill with current technology, especially digital technology.

   You don't have to be a very tech-savvy teacher to use these online resources in your classroom.

noun

1. Usually tech savvy knowledge of or skill with current technology, especially digital technology.

   If I can learn the software this quickly, with my limited tech savvy, then hopefully others can as well.

   There’s a group called Teen Tech Volunteers who use their tech-savvy to assist adults with basic computer usage.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tech-savvy¹

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

Youth marketing agencies and researchers until recently were busy promising insight into tech-savvy but cash-poor millennials.

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Couple the availability of a tech-savvy workforce with supportive government policies, including individual state-level support - and new GCCs are springing up beyond the metro cities in tier-II towns as well.

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And it is in keeping with their principles of activism, which are creative, tech-savvy, a touch punk rock and deeply nontraditional.

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The nifty premise of “Relay,” a new white-knuckle ride from “Hell or High Water” director David Mackenzie, is that a certain type of tech-savvy hero can, if not completely ease your anxiety, at least navigate a secret truce with those out to get you.

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He had a good job and considered himself tech-savvy.

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