Synonyms: knifelike
Definition: having a sharp or distinct edge
Usage: a narrow knifelike profile
Similar words: distinct
Definition: easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined
Usage: a distinct flavor; a distinct odor of turpentine; a distinct outline; the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette; distinct fingerprints
Synonyms: knifelike
Definition: cutting or able to cut as if with a knife
Similar words: sharp
Definition: having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing
Usage: a sharp knife; a pencil with a sharp point
Synonyms: lancinate, lancinating, keen, knifelike, stabbing, cutting, piercing
Definition: painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
Usage: a cutting wind; keen winds; knifelike cold; piercing knifelike pains; piercing cold; piercing criticism; a stabbing pain; lancinating pain
Similar words: sharp
Definition: keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point
Usage: a sharp pain; sharp winds
Synonyms: penetrating, penetrative, incisive, discriminating, piercing, acute, keen, knifelike, sharp
Definition: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
Usage: an acute observer of politics and politicians; incisive comments; icy knifelike reasoning; as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang; penetrating insight; frequent penetrative observations
Similar words: perceptive
Definition: having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment
Usage: a perceptive eye; a perceptive observation