Sharp

/ʃɑːp/

Synonyms for "sharp" (847 found)

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Closest matches (170)

able abrupt abruptly absonant absorbing accidental accurately acerb acerbate acerbic acicular acid acidic acidulent acidulous acrid acrimonious acuminate acute adept

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admirable crichtonadroit adventurer affecting afflictive aggressive agile agonizing akimbo alacritous alert alertly algid aliveall at onceall of a suddenamaroidal analytic angular apt arch arctic argute artful artisan artist asperous astringent astuteat the gunatonal atrocious attache attentive attentively attic austere authority awake bang bearish beastlybelow zerobentbetting ringbettor biting bitterbitter as gallbitterly coldbleak bluff blunt bold boneshaker boreal brainy brash braw breakneck breve bright brilliant brisk brumal brusquebunco artistbunco steerercacophonous cagey calculating canny cardshark cardsharp cardsharper carefully carpetbagger caustic cavalier cheerless chic chiseling churlish classy clear cleverclothes consciousclothes-conscious coarse coldcold as charitycold as deathcold as icecold as marblecollusive comfortlesscompulsive gamblercon artistcon manconfidence manconnaisseur connoisseur consultantcordon bleucornered corroding corrosive cosmopolitan covinouscrack shotcracked craftsman crafty crampingcrap shootercreaky crimp crisp

Adjective(22 words)

abruptabrupt movementabrupt silenceabrupt transitionabrupt turnacrider acridest acuate acuteacute observeracute symptomacuter acutest astute bitchy bitterer bitterest bitterishbright flavor termcrisp

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crispest crispiest

Noun(8 words)

abruptlyacide - frenchacrid astuteclear imageclear scientific representationcleverclever one

Adverb(1 words)

acutely

Adjective(1 words)

aware

Strong matches (254)

Adjective(18 words)

crispycutting edge equipmentdiscriminatingdressed to a teeeconomic contractioneidetic embittered flintier focused garlicky incisive keen keener keenest kicky knifelike lancelike needlelike

crooked crotched crotchet cruel crusty cunning curt cuspidate cute cutting dapper dash dashingdead shotdeceitful deep deep-felt deep-laid deepgoing demisemiquaver

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deplorable depressing depressive designing dexterous diaphonic diplomat diplomatic diplomatist discomforting disconsonant discordant disharmonic disharmonious dishonest dismal dismaying dispatchful dissonant distinct distressful distressing dolorific dolorogenic dolorous dominantdominant notedouble edgeddouble whole notedouble-edged drastic drearydressed to advantagedressed to killdressy drilling drollear piercingear-piercing ear-splitting edge edgedeighth noteelder statesmanelegant enharmonicenharmonic noteescharotic exactly excessive excruciating exorbitant expeditiousexperienced handexpertexpert consultantexquisite extravagant extreme facetious false falsehearted fashionable fast featheredged feline fierce finagling fine flat fly forked foxy fraudulent freezingfreezing coldfrigid funny furcal furcate furious furtive gambler gamester gelid geniculate geniculated genteel gifted glacial gnawing graduate grating grave great grievous griping gruff guilefulhalf notehandy manhard harrowing harsh hastily hazarder headlong heartfelt hemidemisemiquaver hep hibernal hiemal high high-pitched homefelt hone hookedhorse coperhorse traderhot howling humorous humorsome hurtful hurting hyperboreanice coldice-cold ice-encrusted icelike icy immelodious immoderate impetuously impulsively incisive inclement inconsiderate indelible indirect ingenious inharmonic inharmonious insidious intelligent intemperate intense inventive irritating jackleg jagged jaunty jesting jocose jocular joking joky joshing journeyman joyless judicial just keen keen-edged keen-witted keening knee-shaped knifelike knowing knowledgeable lamentableland pirateland sharkland-grabberlike a flashlike a thunderboltloud luminous machiavellian machiavellic malicious malignant marked marksman minim mordacious mordantmortgage sharkmournful movingmusical notemusicless narrow nasty natty natural neat needle needle-sharp

Noun(12 words)

cutting activitycutting edgecutting techniquefocussing gimleted gorkiy incisive intenseintense emotionkeenkitchen knifemental vigor

Adjective(1 words)

distinct

Adverb(1 words)

exactly

Verb(2 words)

focussed kinked

Adverb(1 words)

mentally alert learner

Related words (423)

nice nifty nimblenimble wittednimble-witted nipping nippyno dumbbellno slouchnobby nonmelodiousnose ticklingnose-piercing nose-ticklingnot born yesterdaynote numbing observant odorousof a sudden

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offoff keyoff-key off-toneon short noticeon theon the alerton the ballon the buttonon the doton the instanton the jobon the minuteon the noseon timeoriginalout of pitchout of toneout of tuneoutrageous painful paralyzing paroxysmalpatent notepathetic pawky peaked peaky penetrating perceptive pervading pettifoggerpetty gamblerpiercing piker pinching piping piquant pitchman piteous pitiable player plop plump plunger plunging plunk poignant pointed poisonous politic politician pop posh precipitantly precipitately precipitous precipitously precisely pro professional professor proficient profound prompt punctually pungent punterquarter notequaverqui vivequickquick wittedquick-thinking quick-witted racking racy rapid rapier-like raucous raw razor-edged ready receptive recherche reedy reeking regrettable report resourcefulresponding noteresponsive right rigorous ritzy rough rueful sad saddening salt salty sarcastic sardonic savantsaw toothedsaw-toothed sawtooth scathing scheming scintillating scorching screaky screeching screechy semibreve semiquaver sensitive serpentine serrate set severe shallshaped notesharksharp eyedsharp-cornered sharp-sighted sharp-witted sharpen sharpened sharper sharpie sharply sheer shifty shooting short shortchanger shrewd shrieking shrieky shrill shyster siberiansixteenth notesixty-fourth noteslap 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 sportsporting mansportsman sporty sprightly spruce spry square squarely squeaking squeaky stabbing staccato startlingly statesman stealthy steel-trap steep stingingstone coldstone-cold strategic strict strident stringent strong strong-scented strong-smelling style-conscious stylish subtile subtle subzero sudden suddenly suffocating supercooled supple surly surprisingly surreptitioussustained noteswank swanky swell swift swish tactical talented tangy tarttechnical advisertechnician tercet thinthirty-second notethoughtless tinhorn tipsterto the minutetone tonic tony tormenting torturous touching tough tout treacherous treble trenchant trendy trickish tricksy tricky trifling trig trim triplet truculent tunelesstwo facedtwo-edged two-faced ululant unawares unblinking unceremonious uncomfortable unconscionable underhand underhanded unethical unexpectedly ungracious unharmonious unkind unmelodious unmusical unnodding unscrupulous unsleeping untunable untuned untuneful unwinkingv shapedv-shaped vehement venomous venturer vertical vigilant violent virulent vitriolic vivid vulpine wagerer wailing wakeful wary waspishwell dressedwell-dressed well-groomed whet whimsical whining whistlingwhole notewide awakewide-awake wily winterbound winterlike wintery wintry wise witheringwithout noticewithout warningwitty woebegone woeful wretchedy shapedy-shaped zigzag

Adjective(38 words)

nimblest penetrating penetrative peppery piercingpoignant scenepointiest pointy potent precipitousprecipitous changepunchiestscathing reviewsharp-worded shrewd shrill snappish snarkier snippier snippiest

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sourer sourest spiffiest spikier splintery sprieststeep banksteepish tangier tangiest tart tartestterse prosetoothlike vinegarish vinegaryvisual claritywell preserved imprint

Adverb(2 words)

on the dotprecisely

Noun(23 words)

peakingpencil jabpiercingpiercing glarepinprick piquing plunking pointed prickingraised pitchrazorlike retortingsemitone higher noteseverely sharpy shrewdsmart onesudden stopping motiontarter trickster

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turning-point changetwinging vigorously

Adverb(1 words)

sharply

Verb(3 words)

snapped tipped twinged

Related word relations

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

7 relation types

More general

15 entries

adverb cognitionedge qualityintelligence intensitymanner adverbmental abilitymusical notationmusical noteperception person property qualitysensory qualitysewing needle

More specific

15 entries

C sharpD sharpF sharpabruptlyanalytical thinkingbunco artistcard sharpkeenly knife-edgelogical deductionpinprickrapid inferencerazor edgeseverelystabbing pain

Collocations

13 entries

C sharpD sharpF sharpmusical noteraised pitchsharp contrastsharp edgesharp increasesharp knifesharp mindsharp notesharp painsharp turn

Inflections

3 entries

sharper sharpest sharps

Derivations

3 entries

sharpen sharply sharpness

Antonyms

3 entries

dull flat natural

similar

35 entries

acute carnassial chisel-like cutting dagger-like distinct drill-like edged fang-like file-like forceful fulgurating high high-pitched incisive intense

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Translations

40 translations across 31 languages.

Armenian

1 entries

սուր adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Bulgarian

1 entries

резлив adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Czech

1 entries

ostrý adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Dutch

2 entries

sterk adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)
straf adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Esperanto

1 entries

akra adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Estonian

1 entries

terav adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Finnish

2 entries

kipakka adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)
kirpeä adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

French

1 entries

âcre adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

German

1 entries

scharf adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Greek

1 entries

αψύς adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Hebrew

1 entries

חָרִיף adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Hindi

2 entries

तीखा adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)
तीव्र adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Irish

2 entries

géar adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)
searbh adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Italian

2 entries

acre adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)
intenso adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Latvian

2 entries

asa adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)
ass adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

wótšy adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Macedonian

1 entries

остар adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Māori

1 entries

kakati adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

كسكین adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Persian

1 entries

تند adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Polish

1 entries

ostry adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Portuguese

1 entries

acre adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Russian

2 entries

е́дкий adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)
о́стрый adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Sanskrit

1 entries

तिग्म adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

geur adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)
searbh adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Slovene

1 entries

oster adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Spanish

1 entries

agrio adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Swedish

1 entries

skarp adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Turkish

1 entries

keskin adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Ukrainian

2 entries

го́стрий adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)
різки́й adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

wótry adj (having an intense, acrid flavour)

Sample sentences

76 total sentences available.

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I have a sharp pain in my chest.

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There was a sharp rise in prices last year.

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The meeting began at nine o'clock sharp.

Source: tatoeba (22441)

The meeting will start at four o'clock sharp.

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