Words that start with sharp (2024)

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What words go with "sharp"? ›

Sharp words are typically critical, often loaded with anger or a related emotion, but not always objectively true or helpful.

synonyms: acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing perceptive. having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment. adjective. marked by practical hardheaded intelligence. synonyms: astute, savvy, shrewd smart.

acicula apex mucro mucronation spike tapering point tip.

-acr-, root. -acr- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "sharp''. This meaning is found in such words as: acerbic, acrid, acrimonious, exacerbate.

acute, pointed, razor-sharp, sharpened, stinging. Strong matches. fine, keen, salient, tapering.

sharp adjective (ABLE TO CUT)

producing or describing a quick, strong pain that makes you feel like you have been cut: She nudged me with a sharp elbow, to tell me to be quiet.

Using a sharp knife, cut away the pith and peel from both fruits. The ground was strewn with sharp-edged pebbles. His nose was thin and sharp. I was approaching a fairly sharp bend that swept downhill to the left.

acute astute clever discriminating intelligent quick-witted smart.

What does "sharp" mean in slang? ›

If someone says you're sharp, you can take that as a compliment! It means you are very observant, you learn quickly, you see or notice things or nuances that many others would not see, you are intelligent. But, if someone says you look sharp, it means you are well groomed and well dressed, or stylish. 👌

Also, sharp as a razor . Mentally acute. For example, She's very witty—she's sharp as a tack . These similes are also used literally to mean “having a keen cutting edge” and have largely replaced the earlier sharp as a needle or thorn .

acuminate barbed edged fine gnawing honed horned jagged keen peaked piercing pointed serrated sharpened shooting spiked stinging tapered tapering tined tipped whetted.

Definitions of sharp-set. adjective. extremely hungry. synonyms: esurient, famished, ravenous, starved hungry. feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food.

acrimonious biting caustic fierce hateful intense rancorous resentful severe sour stinging vitriolic.

Synonym Study

As applied to mental qualities, sharp, keen, intelligent, quick have varying implications. Sharp suggests an acute, sensitive, alert, penetrating quality: a sharp mind. Keen implies observant, incisive, and vigorous: a keen intellect.

Also, sharp as a razor . Mentally acute. For example, She's very witty—she's sharp as a tack . These similes are also used literally to mean “having a keen cutting edge” and have largely replaced the earlier sharp as a needle or thorn .