Sharp Synonyms and Antonyms

shärp
Having a keen edge
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. keen
  2. acute
  3. knifelike
  4. edged
  5. keen-edged
  6. razor-edged
  7. sharpened
  8. ground fine
  9. honed
  10. honed to razor sharpness
  11. razor-sharp
  12. acuate
  13. sharp-edged
  14. fine
  15. discriminating
  16. cutting
  17. incisive
  18. knife-edged
  19. penetrating
  20. penetrative
  21. piercing
  22. needlelike
Antonyms:
  1. blunt
  2. dull
  3. unsharpened
Having a keen point
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. pointed
  2. aciculate
  3. acuminate
  4. aciculated
  5. keen
  6. sharp-pointed
  7. spiked
  8. acicular
  9. spiky
  10. peaked
  11. needle-pointed
  12. fine
  13. salient
  14. spiny
  15. thorny
  16. prickly
  17. barbed
  18. needlelike
  19. acute
  20. briery
  21. stinging
  22. sharp as a needle
  23. cuspate
  24. pronged
  25. tapered
  26. tapering
  27. cuspated
  28. horned
  29. unguiculate
  30. cuspidate
  31. acuate
  32. aculeate
  33. cuspidated
  34. muricate
  35. mucronate
  36. aciculiform
  37. pointy
Not quite honest or honorable
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. crafty
  2. sly
  3. artful
  4. cunning
  5. designing
  6. foxy
  7. guileful
  8. scheming
  9. underhand
  10. tricky
  11. wily
Antonyms:
  1. honest
  2. kind
  3. amicable
  4. aboveboard
  5. benevolent
  6. forthright
  7. frank
  8. nice
Vigorous
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. brisk
  2. piquant
  3. pungent
  4. energetic
  5. spicy
  6. sharp-worded
  7. zesty
  8. lively
  9. poignant
  10. tart
Antonyms:
  1. weak
  2. lazy
  3. flat
  4. natural
  5. slow
  6. dull
*Excellent
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. fine
  2. distinctive
  3. first-class
Synonyms:
(Verb)
  1. hone
  2. sharpen
  3. strop
  4. whet

Words Related to Sharp

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Sharp Sentence Examples

  • Somewhere up ahead was a sharp turn.

  • The wound opened again and the salt he threw into it drew a sharp response from her.

  • I felt a sharp sting as the blade cut.

  • At the bottom of the hill a sharp turn waited.

  • The only thing she accomplished was cutting her hands on the sharp rocks.

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