sharp cookie
Quick-witted individual
A sharp cookie is a clever, perceptive person—someone quick-witted and not easily fooled.
The phrase works like "smart cookie" but emphasizes shrewdness: She figured out the scam right away—she's a sharp cookie.
Often used with grudging admiration for someone's mental quickness.
- astuteMentally sharp, discerning
- intelligentHaving mental acuity
- slyCleverly deceptive
- quick-wittedFast at thinking
- quick on the uptakeFast to understand
clever · shrewd · nobody's fool · street-smart · wise to it · knows the score · perceptive · canny · keen · savvy · quick study · quip · ingenious · resourceful · observant · brainy · intuitive · smart