Meaning: A person who’s really, really good at one thing, a true expert.

Memory Trick: Picture a little ant wearing glasses, that’s your savvy ant.

“Savvy ant” sounds like savant, and it shows someone who’s super smart at one thing.

Behind the Word:

Borrowed from French savant (“learned”), from Latin sapiēns (“wise”). First used in English in the early 1800s to describe scholars. Nowadays you’ll also hear it in “savant syndrome,” where someone has an extraordinary talent in one area despite other challenges.