Sharp

//ʃɑːp//

Synonyms for "sharp" (799 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (160)

keen abrupt acrid acrimonious acute astute brainy chic crisp dishonest edged exactly incisive intense knifelike penetrating pointed precipitous salt sharpened

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shrill sudden able abruptly absonant absorbing accidental accurate accurately acerb acerbate acerbic acicular acid acidic acidulent acidulous acuminate acutely adept admirable crichton adroit adventurer affecting afflictive aggressive agile agonizing akimbo alacritous alert alertly algid alive all at once all of a sudden amaroidal analytic angular apt arch arctic argute artful artisan artist asperous astringent at the gun atonal atrocious attache attentive attentively attic austere authority awake bang bearish beastly below zero bent betting ring bettor biting bitter bitter as gall bitterly cold bleak bluff blunt bold boneshaker boreal brash braw breakneck breve bright brilliant brisk brumal brusque bunco artist bunco steerer cacophonous cagey calculating canny cardshark cardsharp cardsharper carefully carnassial carpetbagger caustic cavalier cheerless chisel like chiseling churlish classy clear clever clothes conscious clothes-conscious coarse cold cold as charity cold as death cold as ice cold as marble collusive comfortless compulsive gambler con artist con man confidence man connaisseur

Adjective(14 words)

keen acute smart abrupt accurate acrid acrimonious alert aware bitter brainy bright chic clear

Adverb(1 words)

exactly

Adjective(4 words)

abrupt acuate acute astute

Adverb(1 words)

acutely

Strong matches (240)

connoisseur consultant cordon bleu cornered corroding corrosive cosmopolitan covinous crack shot cracked craftsman crafty cramping crap shooter creaky crimp crooked crotched crotchet cruel

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crusty cunning curt cuspidate cute cutting dagger like dapper dash dashing dead shot deceitful deep deep-felt deep-laid deepgoing demisemiquaver deplorable depressing depressive designing dexterous diaphonic diplomat diplomatic diplomatist discomforting disconsonant discordant disharmonic disharmonious dismal dismaying dispatchful dissonant distinct distressful distressing dolorific dolorogenic dolorous dominant dominant note double edged double whole note double-edged drastic dreary dressed to advantage dressed to kill dressy drill like drilling droll ear piercing ear-piercing ear-splitting edge eighth note elder statesman elegant enharmonic enharmonic note escharotic excessive excruciating exorbitant expeditious experienced hand expert expert consultant exquisite extravagant extreme facetious false falsehearted fang like fashionable fast featheredged feline fiend fierce file like finagling fine flat fly forceful forked foxy fraudulent freezing freezing cold frigid fulgurating funny furcal furcate furious furtive gambler gamester gelid geniculate geniculated genteel gifted glacial gnawing graduate grating grave great grievous griping gruff guileful half note handy man hard harrowing harsh hastily hazarder headlong heartfelt hemidemisemiquaver hep hibernal hiemal high high-pitched homefelt hone hooked horse coper horse trader hot howling humorous humorsome hurtful hurting hyperborean ice cold ice-cold ice-encrusted icelike icy immelodious immoderate impetuously impulsively inclement inconsiderate indelible indirect ingenious inharmonic inharmonious insidious intelligent intemperate inventive irritating jackleg jagged jaunty jesting jocose jocular joking joky joshing journeyman joyless judicial just keen-edged keen-witted keening knee-shaped knowing knowledgeable lamentable lancinating land pirate land shark land-grabber like a flash like a thunderbolt loud luminous machiavellian machiavellic malicious malignant marked marksman metal cutting minim

Adverb(1 words)

correctly

Adjective(5 words)

crisp discriminating incisive keen knifelike

Adjective(11 words)

cutting dishonest distinct dodgy elegant exact harsh hostile illegal illicit intelligent

Related words (399)

mordacious mordant mortgage shark mournful moving musical note musicless narrow narrowly nasty natty natural neat needle needle-sharp needlelike nice nifty nimble nimble witted

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nimble-witted nipping nippy no dumbbell no slouch nobby nonmelodious nose tickling nose-piercing nose-tickling not born yesterday note numbing observant odorous of a sudden off off key off-key off-tone on short notice on the on the alert on the ball on the button on the dot on the instant on the job on the minute on the nose on time original out of pitch out of tone out of tune outrageous painful paralyzing paroxysmal patent note pathetic pawky peaked peaky penetrative perceptive pervading pettifogger petty gambler piercing piker pinching piping piquant pitchman piteous pitiable player plop plump plunger plunging plunk poignant poisonous politic politician pop posh precipitantly precipitately precipitously precisely pro professional professor proficient profound prompt punctually pungent punter quarter note quaver qui vive quick quick witted quick-thinking quick-witted racking racy rapid rapier-like raucous raw razor sharp razor-edged ready receptive recherche reedy reeking regrettable report resourceful responding note responsive right rigorous ritzy rough rueful sad saddening salty sarcastic sardonic savant saw toothed saw-toothed sawtooth scathing scheming scintillating scorching screaky screeching screechy semibreve semiquaver sensitive serpentine serrate set severe shall shaped note shark sharp eyed sharp toothed sharp worded sharp-cornered sharp-sighted sharp-witted sharpen sharper sharpie sharply sheer shifty shooting short shortchanger shrewd shrieking shrieky shyster siberian sixteenth note sixty-fourth note slap sleek sleepless sleety slick slicker slippery slushy sly smack smack-dab smart smooth smug snaky snappish snappy snazzy sneaky snippy soigne soignee sophistical sophisticated sore sorrowful sour spang sparkling spasmatic spasmic spasmodic speculator speedy spiccato spicy spieler spiffy spirited spiteful splitting sport sporting man sportsman sporty sprightly spruce spry square squarely squeaking squeaky stabbing staccato startlingly statesman stealthy steel-trap steep stinging stone cold stone-cold strategic strict strident stringent strong strong-scented strong-smelling style-conscious stylish subtile subtle subzero suddenly suffocating supercooled supple surly surprisingly surreptitious sustained note swank swanky swell swift swish tactical talented tangy tart technical adviser technician tercet thin thirty-second note thoughtless tinhorn tipster to the minute tone tonic tony tormenting torturous touching tough tout treacherous treble trenchant trendy trickish tricksy tricky trifling trig trim triplet truculent tuneless two faced two-edged two-faced ululant unawares unblinking unceremonious uncomfortable unconscionable underhand underhanded unethical unexpectedly ungracious unharmonious unkind unmelodious unmusical unnodding unscrupulous unsleeping untunable untuned untuneful unwinking v shaped v-shaped vehement venomous venturer vertical vigilant violent virulent vitriolic vivid vulpine wagerer wailing wakeful wary waspish well dressed well-dressed well-groomed whet whimsical whining whistling whole note wide awake wide-awake wily winterbound winterlike wintery wintry wise withering without notice without warning witty woebegone woeful wretched y shaped y-shaped zigzag

Adjective(17 words)

nasty observant pointed precise pungent quick on the uptake quickwitted razor razor-sharp razory sharp as a tack sharp-eyed stabbing stylish tongue-in-cheek underhand witty

Adjective(9 words)

needlelike penetrating penetrative piercing precipitous sharp-worded shrewd shrill tart

Adverb(2 words)

on the dot precisely

Noun(1 words)

pound

Adverb(1 words)

sharply

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

10 relation types

More general

2 entries

musical notation sewing needle

Antonyms

13 entries

above board bland blunt complimentary dim dull flat inaccurate inelegant natural unobservant

Synonyms

19 entries

abrupt accurate acrid acrimonious acute acutely astute brainy chic crisp dishonest exactly keen needlelike penetrative pointed

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Related terms

5 entries

accidental flat natural sharp-sharp ♯

derived

84 entries

A-sharp B-sharp C-sharp D-sharp E-sharp F-sharp G-sharp Mount Sharp Sharp County Sharpie Sharps Creek Wuyi sharp-nosed frog battle-sharp besharp better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick bittersharp

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

shear

has context

6 entries

chess mathematics medicine music phonetics slang

is a

2 entries

musical notation sewing needle

related to

56 entries

accurate acrid acrimonious acute ada alert angle aspirated attractive between blunt cheater cli corporation critical cut

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similar

56 entries

acute carnassial chisel like chisel-like cutting dagger like dagger-like distinct drill like drill-like edged fang like fang-like file like

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Translations

578 translations across 126 languages.

Acehnese

1 entries

tajam adj (able to cut easily)

Afrikaans

1 entries

kruis noun (sign for a sharp note on the staff)

Aklanon

1 entries

talum adj (able to cut easily)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ὀξύς adj (able to cut easily)

Arabic

1 entries

حَادّ adj (able to cut easily)

Armenian

4 entries

սուր adj (able to cut easily)
սուր adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)
սուր adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)
սուր adj (intense and sudden (of pain))

Aromanian

2 entries

sumigos adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)
tãljos adj (able to cut easily)

Assamese

3 entries

চোকা adj (able to cut easily)
চোকা adj (intelligent)
ধাৰ adj (able to cut easily)

Asturian

4 entries

afiláu adj (able to cut easily)
apolizáu adj (able to cut easily)
arrefiláu adj (able to cut easily)
picón adj (able to cut easily)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

iti adj (able to cut easily)
möhkəm adj (intense and sudden (of pain))

Bashkir

4 entries

аҡыллы adj (intelligent)
башлы adj (intelligent)
зирәк adj (intelligent)
үткер adj (able to cut easily)

Basque

1 entries

zorrotz adj (able to cut easily)

Bau Bidayuh

1 entries

biroja' adj (able to cut easily)

Bavarian German

1 entries

scharf adj (able to cut easily)

Belarusian

1 entries

во́стры adj (able to cut easily)

Bengali

3 entries

ধারালো adj (able to cut easily)
ধারালো adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)
বুদ্ধিমান adj (intelligent)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

नुकीला adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)

Bikol Central

2 entries

mapanas adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)
matarom adj (able to cut easily)

Bulgarian

4 entries

дие́з adj (of a note, raised by one semitone)
заострен adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)
заядлив adj (offensive, critical, or acrimonious)
наблюдателен adj (observant, alert, acute)

Burmese

2 entries

ချွန် adj (able to cut easily)
ချွန်ထက် adj (able to cut easily)

Catalan

4 entries

agut adj (able to cut easily)
agut adj (forming a small angle)
esmolat adj (able to cut easily)
llest adj (intelligent)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

تیژ adj (able to cut easily)

Chechen

1 entries

ира adj (able to cut easily)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

昇 /升 adj (of a note, raised by one semitone)
銳利 /锐利 adj (able to cut easily)
整 adv (exactly)
升號 /升号 noun (sign for a sharp note on the staff)

Classical Mongolian

1 entries

ᠬᠤᠷᠴᠠ adj (able to cut easily)

Czech

4 entries

bystrý adj (intelligent)
bystrý adj (observant, alert, acute)
is adj (of a note, raised by one semitone)
ostrý adj (able to cut easily)

Danish

2 entries

skarp adj (able to cut easily)
spids adj (able to cut easily)

Dutch

4 entries

acuut adj (intense and sudden (of pain))
bijtend adj (offensive, critical, or acrimonious)
gepunt adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)
hoog adj (musically higher-pitched than desired)

Erzya

1 entries

пшти adj (able to cut easily)

Esperanto

4 entries

akra adj (able to cut easily)
akra adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)
akra adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)
diesa adj (of a note, raised by one semitone)

Estonian

4 entries

diees adj (of a note, raised by one semitone)
liiga kõrge adj (musically higher-pitched than desired)
terane adj (observant, alert, acute)
terav adj (able to cut easily)

Even

1 entries

эмэр adj (able to cut easily)

Evenki

1 entries

эмэр adj (able to cut easily)

Faroese

4 entries

hvassur adj (able to cut easily)
is adj (of a note, raised by one semitone)
smartur adj (stylish or attractive)
spískur adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)

Finnish

4 entries

is adj (of a note, raised by one semitone)
kipakka adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)
kirpeä adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)
korotettu adj (of a note, raised by one semitone)

French

4 entries

(virage) serré adj (forming a small angle)
acerbe adj (offensive, critical, or acrimonious)
acéré adj (able to cut easily)
acéré adj (intense and sudden (of pain))

Friulian

3 entries

spiçât adj (able to cut easily)
spuntît adj (able to cut easily)
učât adj (able to cut easily)

Galician

1 entries

díese adj (of a note, raised by one semitone)

Georgian

1 entries

მახვილი adj (able to cut easily)

German

4 entries

hoch adj (musically higher-pitched than desired)
is adj (of a note, raised by one semitone)
scharf adj (able to cut easily)
scharf adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)

Greek

4 entries

έντονος adj (intense and sudden (of pain))
έξυπνος adj (intelligent)
αιχμηρός adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)
αψύς adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Hebrew

4 entries

דִּיאֶז adj (of a note, raised by one semitone)
חַד adj (able to cut easily)
חַד adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)
חַד adj (intense and sudden (of pain))

Higaonon

1 entries

magalang adj (able to cut easily)

Hindi

4 entries

कुशाग्र adj (intelligent)
चौकन्ना adj (observant, alert, acute)
जागरूक adj (observant, alert, acute)
तीक्ष्ण adj (able to cut easily)

Hungarian

4 entries

isz adj (of a note, raised by one semitone)
éles adj (able to cut easily)
éles adj (forming a small angle)
kereszt noun (sign for a sharp note on the staff)

Icelandic

1 entries

hvass adj (able to cut easily)

Ido

1 entries

akuta adj (able to cut easily)

Ilocano

2 entries

dakap adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)
natadem adj (able to cut easily)

Indonesian

2 entries

tajam adj (able to cut easily)
tajam adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)

Ingush

1 entries

ира adj (able to cut easily)

Iranun

1 entries

matarem adj (able to cut easily)

Irish

4 entries

aichear adj (able to cut easily)
biorach adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)
domlasta adj (offensive, critical, or acrimonious)
faobhrach adj (able to cut easily)

Italian

4 entries

acre adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)
acuto adj (intelligent)
acuto adj (forming a small angle)
affilato adj (able to cut easily)

Ivatan

1 entries

madanutuk adj (able to cut easily)

Japanese

4 entries

シャープ adj (of a note, raised by one semitone)
嬰 adj (of a note, raised by one semitone)
犀利な adj (able to cut easily)
犀利な adj (observant, alert, acute)

Javanese

1 entries

landhep adj (able to cut easily)

Kabuverdianu

4 entries

afiadu adj (able to cut easily)
afiadu adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)
afióde adj (able to cut easily)
afióde adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)

Kapampangan

1 entries

mataram adj (able to cut easily)

Kashubian

1 entries

òstri adj (able to cut easily)

Khmer

2 entries

មុត adj (able to cut easily)
ស្រួច adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)

Korean

4 entries

날카로운 adj (able to cut easily)
날카로운 adj (intelligent)
예리한 adj (intelligent)
샤프 noun (note that is sharp in a particular key)

Krio

1 entries

shap adj (able to cut easily)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

кескин adj (able to cut easily)
курч adj (able to cut easily)

Ladino

2 entries

agudo adj (able to cut easily)
aguzado adj (able to cut easily)

Latgalian

1 entries

oss adj (able to cut easily)

Latin

3 entries

acer adj (able to cut easily)
acutus adj (able to cut easily)
sagāx adj (intelligent)

Latvian

4 entries

asa adj (able to cut easily)
asa adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)
asa adj (musically higher-pitched than desired)
asa adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Lithuanian

1 entries

aštrus adj (able to cut easily)

Lombard

2 entries

guzz adj (able to cut easily)
güss adj (able to cut easily)

Lower Sorbian

3 entries

wótšy adj (able to cut easily)
wótšy adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)
wótšy adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Macedonian

4 entries

бистар adj (intelligent)
висок adj (musically higher-pitched than desired)
остар adj (able to cut easily)
остар adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)

Maguindanao

1 entries

magarang adj (able to cut easily)

Malay

1 entries

tajam adj (able to cut easily)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡩᠠᠴᡠᠩᡤᠠ adj (able to cut easily)

Mansaka

1 entries

tarum adj (able to cut easily)

Maranao

1 entries

magarang adj (able to cut easily)

Moksha

1 entries

оржа adj (able to cut easily)

Mongolian

2 entries

богино adj (able to cut easily)
хурц adj (able to cut easily)

Māori

4 entries

aneane adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)
areare adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)
atamai adj (intelligent)
kakati adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Navajo

1 entries

deení adj (able to cut easily)

Northern Altai

2 entries

керсиг adj (able to cut easily)
ӧдӱг adj (able to cut easily)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

tûj adj (able to cut easily)

Norwegian

4 entries

iss adj (of a note, raised by one semitone)
skarp adj (able to cut easily)
skarp adj (intelligent)
skarp adj (intense and sudden (of pain))

Occitan

2 entries

agusat adj (able to cut easily)
agut adj (able to cut easily)

Old Anatolian Turkish

1 entries

ایتی adj (able to cut easily)

Old English

1 entries

scearp adj (able to cut easily)

Old Javanese

1 entries

tajĕm adj (able to cut easily)

Oscan

1 entries

𐌀𐌊𐌓𐌉 adj (able to cut easily)

Ossetian

1 entries

цыргъ adj (able to cut easily)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

ایتی adj (able to cut easily)
سیوری adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)
كسكین adj (able to cut easily)
كسكین adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Persian

4 entries

تند adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)
تیز adj (able to cut easily)
تیز adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)
تیزهوش adj (intelligent)

Plautdietsch

2 entries

schneiw adj (observant, alert, acute)
schoap adj (able to cut easily)

Polish

4 entries

ostry adj (able to cut easily)
ostry adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)
ostry adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)
ostry adj (forming a small angle)

Portuguese

4 entries

acre adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)
afiado adj (able to cut easily)
agudo adj (able to cut easily)
agudo adj (musically higher-pitched than desired)

Rapa Nui

2 entries

ka'i adj (able to cut easily)
ka'i adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)

Romanian

4 entries

ascuțit adj (able to cut easily)
ascuțit adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)
ascuțit adj (musically higher-pitched than desired)
ascuțit adj (observant, alert, acute)

Russian

4 entries

дие́з adj (of a note, raised by one semitone)
е́дкий adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)
о́стрый adj (able to cut easily)
о́стрый adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)

Sanskrit

4 entries

तिग्म adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)
तिग्म adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)
तीक्ष्ण adj (able to cut easily)
निशित adj (able to cut easily)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

biorach adj (able to cut easily)
biorach adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)
deas adj (exact, precise, accurate, keen)
geur adj (able to cut easily)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries

òštār adj (able to cut easily)
о̀шта̄р adj (able to cut easily)
povisilica noun (sign for a sharp note on the staff)

Slovak

1 entries

ostrý adj (able to cut easily)

Slovene

4 entries

oster adj (able to cut easily)
oster adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)
oster adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)
oster adj (intense and sudden (of pain))

Southern Altai

3 entries

курч adj (able to cut easily)
јидӱ adj (able to cut easily)
ӧткӱр adj (able to cut easily)

Spanish

4 entries

afilado adj (able to cut easily)
agrio adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)
agrio adj (offensive, critical, or acrimonious)
agudo adj (able to cut easily)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries

srapu adj (able to cut easily)

Sundanese

2 entries

seukeut adj (able to cut easily)
seukeut adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)

Swedish

4 entries

iss adj (of a note, raised by one semitone)
klyftig adj (intelligent)
skarp adj (able to cut easily)
skarp adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Tagalog

4 entries

matalas adj (intelligent)
matalim adj (able to cut easily)
matulis adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)
sostenido noun (sign for a sharp note on the staff)

Talysh

1 entries

tij adj (able to cut easily)

Tamil

1 entries

கூரான adj (able to cut easily)

Tat

1 entries

tij adj (able to cut easily)

Telugu

1 entries

పదునైన adj (able to cut easily)

Tetum

1 entries

kroat adj (able to cut easily)

Thai

4 entries

คม adj (able to cut easily)
ฉลาด adj (intelligent)
ชาร์ป adj (of a note, raised by one semitone)
แหลม adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)

Turkish

4 entries

diyez adj (of a note, raised by one semitone)
keskin adj (able to cut easily)
keskin adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)
sivri adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)

Ukrainian

4 entries

го́стрий adj (able to cut easily)
го́стрий adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)
го́стрий adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)
го́стрий adj (intense and sudden (of pain))

Upper Sorbian

3 entries

wótry adj (able to cut easily)
wótry adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)
wótry adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Vietnamese

3 entries

bén adj (able to cut easily)
nhọn adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)
sắc adj (able to cut easily)

Walloon

2 entries

awijhî adj (able to cut easily)
côpant adj (able to cut easily)

Welsh

1 entries

miniog adj (able to cut easily)

Western Bukidnon Manobo

1 entries

garang adj (able to cut easily)

White Hmong

3 entries

ntse adj (able to cut easily)
ntse adj (intelligent)
ntse adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)

Yakut

1 entries

сытыы adj (able to cut easily)

Yiddish

3 entries

שאַרף adj (able to cut easily)
שאַרף adj (intelligent)
שאַרף adj (pointed, able to pierce easily)

Zealandic

1 entries

scherp adj (able to cut easily)

ǃXóõ

2 entries

ǃqáũ adj (able to cut easily)
ǃqáũ adj (intelligent)

Sample sentences

76 total sentences available.

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I have a sharp pain in my chest.

Source: tatoeba (18953)

There was a sharp rise in prices last year.

Source: tatoeba (19419)

The meeting began at nine o'clock sharp.

Source: tatoeba (22441)

The meeting will start at four o'clock sharp.

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