Incisive Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Incisive

Fierce or impetuous; violent:

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Demonstrating acute or keen understanding

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Having the ability to perceive; keen in discernment.

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Handsome, convenient, nice, etc.

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The definition of bright is shining and full of light, mentally quick or witty.

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Having, showing, or requiring great insight or understanding:

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Having an acute angle.

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Bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging; severe; as, keen satire or sarcasm.

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Aware of or careful about the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others:

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(Figuratively) Keen; biting; vigorously effective and articulate; severe; as, trenchant wit.

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Free from flaw, blemish, or impurity:

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Brief, yet including all important information

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The definition of precise is exact.

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(Hort.) A slip or shoot cut away from a plant for rooting or grafting

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The action of the verb to bite.

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(Of talk, text, etc.) Brief and to the point. (Esp. in make it crisp.)

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Bitingly painful.

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Able to recognize or draw fine distinctions or judgments:

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having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

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Having the ability to penetrate

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Very loud; shrill:

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Stern or forbidding, as in manner or appearance:

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Of something that investigates or explores deeply.

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Antonyms for Incisive

Having or showing a lack or deficiency of intelligence

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1822, T. Creevey, Reminiscences, 28 Jul:

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Suited to one of good breeding; refined and polite:

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Mild, gentle, forgiving

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Lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.

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Unable to make rational decisions, insane or otherwise cognitively impaired.

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Words Related to Incisive

Accurately or thoroughly done or made; painstaking

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(Of a person) Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm.

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Having intelligence:

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thought-provoking

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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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