tech-savvy
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From tech (“(informal) technology”) + savvy (“perceptive, shrewd, and well-informed”); perhaps a contraction of high-tech savvy,[1] or a variant of techno-savvy.[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɛkˌsævi/
- Hyphenation: tech-sav‧vy
Adjective[edit]
tech-savvy (comparative more tech-savvy, superlative most tech-savvy)
- (informal) Proficient in the use of technology, especially computers.
- Synonym: techno-savvy
- 1996 July 15, Michael Krantz, “Cashing in on Tomorrow”, in Time[1], volume 148, number 4, New York, N.Y.: Time Warner Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 9 March 2008:
- 2021 August 11, Chris Howe, “Inspire the March of the ‘Mods’”, in RAIL, number 937, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 63:
- But as the railways become increasingly digitised, it is these young tech-savvy individuals with knowledge about coding who may well have the skills the industry needs.
- 2022 December 14, Christian Wolmar, “Productivity should play no part in pay negotiations”, in RAIL, number 972, page 47:
- People want to see staff on trains. […] People want ticket offices. […] The danger is that we could end up with a minimalist railway, usable only by those who are fit, tech-savvy, and have an existing knowledge of the network.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
proficient in the use of technology, especially computers
References[edit]
- ^ See, for example, “A New B-School Mission: Teaching High-Tech Savvy”, in BusinessWeek, New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, 1984 November 19, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 170–172.
- ^ “techno-savvy, adj.” under “techno-, comb. form”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2021; “techno-savvy, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading[edit]
- “tech-savvy, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.