Incisive synonyms
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Part of speech:
Fierce or impetuous; violent:
careful (related)
Forceful and clear; penetrating:
Keen or acute; discerning
Able to perceive quickly and easily; having keen insight or intuition; penetrating
Mentally quick and original; bright:
Comparatively high on the scale of brightness:
Having, showing, or requiring great insight or understanding:
sarcastic (related)
intelligent (related)
Extremely sharp or severe; intense:
Sharp and quick in seeing, hearing, thinking, etc.; acute
Responsive to external conditions or stimulation; having sensation:
Injuring or capable of injuring the feelings; caustic:
Free from flaw, blemish, or impurity:
Brief and to the point; short and clear
Pleasingly firm and fresh:
(Not comparable) That is used for cutting.
Incisive and trenchant:
Distinct and correct in sound or meaning:
unintelligent (antonym)
nice (antonym)
gentle (antonym)
kind (antonym)
stupid (antonym)
incompetent (antonym)
Able to recognize or draw fine distinctions or judgments:
having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
Tending to penetrate; penetrant.
Very loud; shrill:
Stern or forbidding, as in manner or appearance:
Of something that investigates or explores deeply.
Synonym Study
- Biting implies a caustic or stinging quality that makes a deep impression on the mind his biting satire
- Cutting implies incisive qualities but also connotes such harshness or sarcasm as to hurt the feelings his cutting allusion to her inefficiency
- Trenchant implies clean-cut expression that results in sharply defined categories, differences, etc. a trenchant analysis
- Incisive is applied to speech or writing that seems to penetrate directly to the heart of the matter, resulting in a clear and unambiguous statement an incisive criticism
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