Sharpest

Synonyms for "sharpest" (799 found)

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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

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The dullest pencil is better than the sharpest memory.

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He is not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

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He is not the sharpest tool in the shed.

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Fear is more harmful than the sharpest of swords.

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