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Adverb

The word "sharp" can be used as adjective, noun, adjective, adverb, verb, proper noun and adverb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

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

Derived Terms

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 brace sharp card sharp cardsharp dagger-sharp demisharp double sharp laser-sharp look sharp look sharp needle-sharp nonsharp not the sharpest knife in the drawer not the sharpest pencil in the box outsharp oversharp pin-sharp razor sharp scary sharp sharp as a bowling ball sharp as a butter knife sharp as a tack sharp cedar sharp cookie sharp elbows sharp end sharp end of one's tongue sharp power sharp practice sharp rush sharp s sharp sand sharp short-lived head pain sharp tongue sharp-and-a-half sharp-beaked ground finch sharp-cornered sharp-edged sharp-elbowed sharp-nosed sharp-pointed sharp-set sharp-shinned hawk sharp-shod sharp-sightedness sharp-tailed grouse sharp-tailed sandpiper sharp-tailed sparrow sharp-tailed streamcreeper sharp-tongued sharp-toothed sharp-witted sharpbill sharpchin sharpfin sharpish sharpling sharply sharpness sharpshooting sharpster sharptail sharptailed sharptooth shebang short sharp shock supersharp ultrasharp unsharp

Etymologically Related To

shear

Context

chess mathematics medicine music phonetics slang

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

musical notation sewing needle

Type Of (IsA)

musical notation sewing needle

Related Terms

accidental flat natural sharp-sharp ♯

Related Terms

accurate acrid acrimonious acute ada alert angle aspirated attractive between blunt cheater cli corporation critical cut cycle of fifths degree dishonest easily electronic exact exactly expert extreme flavour intelligent intense japanese keen key signature middlings needle note observant offensive pitch pointed precise programming language raise risky semitone sewing sharp major sharper sharpie small staff step stream stylish tactical taiwanese tonic unvoiced

Similar Terms

acute carnassial carnassial chisel like chisel-like cutting dagger like dagger-like distinct drill like drill-like edged edged fang like fang-like file like file-like forceful forceful fulgurating fulgurating high high-pitched incisive incisive intense intense keen keen knifelike knifelike lancinate lancinating lancinating metal cutting metal-cutting penetrating penetrating penetrative perceptive piercing pointed razor sharp razor-sharp salt salt sharp toothed sharp-toothed sharpened sharpened smart stabbing steep sudden sudden unpleasant

Synonym Network

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

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