Sharp Synonyms

Sharply , cutting, acicular, acute, acerb, booming, abrasive, acute, clear-cut, abrupt, acute, artful, chic, dead on, abruptly, and all of a sudden are synonyms for sharp; dull and blunt are antonyms of sharp. On this page, you will find 248 another word for sharp.

248 Another Word for Sharp

1. keen

  • Cutting
  • Edged
  • Honed
  • Keen
  • Knife-like
  • Razor-edged
  • Razor-sharp
  • Serrated
  • Sharp-edged
  • Sharpened
  • Whetted
  • Acute

2. pointed

  • Acicular
  • Aculeate
  • Acuminate
  • Cusped
  • Cuspidate
  • Lanceolate
  • Mucronate
  • Needle-like
  • Pointed
  • Pointy
  • Spiky
  • Subulate
  • Tapered
  • Tapering
  • Conoid

3. excruciating

  • Acute
  • Agonizing
  • Excruciating
  • Fierce
  • Intense
  • Keen
  • Piercing
  • Searing
  • Severe
  • Shooting
  • Stabbing
  • Stinging
  • Violent
  • Exquisite

4. tangy

  • Acerb
  • Acetic
  • Acetous
  • Acid
  • Acidic
  • Acidulous
  • Acidy
  • Acrid
  • Bitter
  • Piquant
  • Pungent
  • Sour
  • Strong
  • Tangy
  • Tart
  • Vinegary
  • Burning

5. loud

  • Booming
  • Deafening
  • Ear-splitting
  • Harsh
  • High-pitched
  • High
  • Loud
  • Penetrating
  • Piercing
  • Shrill
  • Strident
  • Thunderous
  • Head-splitting

6. harsh

  • Abrasive
  • Abusive
  • Acerb
  • Acerbic
  • Acid
  • Acrimonious
  • Barbed
  • Bitchy
  • Biting
  • Bitter
  • Brusque
  • Catty
  • Caustic
  • Cruel
  • Curt
  • Cutting
  • Hard
  • Harsh
  • Hurtful
  • Ill-tempered
  • Malicious
  • Mordacious
  • Mordant
  • Nasty
  • Sarcastic
  • Sardonic
  • Scathing
  • Severe
  • Spiteful
  • Tart
  • Trenchant
  • Unkind
  • Venomous
  • Vicious
  • Vitriolic
  • Wounding
  • Acidulous

7. intense

  • Acute
  • Bitter
  • Fierce
  • Heartfelt
  • Intense
  • Keen
  • Piercing
  • Searing
  • Strong
  • Very great
  • Overpowering

8. distinct

  • Clear-cut
  • Clear
  • Crisp
  • Definite
  • Distinct
  • Evident
  • Marked
  • Obvious
  • Pronounced
  • Stark
  • Well defined
  • Well focused
  • Manifest

9. sudden

  • Abrupt
  • Precipitous
  • Rapid
  • Steep
  • Sudden
  • Precipitate

10. observant

  • Acute
  • Agile
  • Alert
  • Apt
  • Astute
  • Beady
  • Bright
  • Clever
  • Cute
  • Discerning
  • Discriminating
  • Downy
  • Fine
  • Finely honed
  • Genius
  • Hawklike
  • Heads-up
  • Incisive
  • Insightful
  • Intelligent
  • Intuitive
  • Keen-witted
  • Keen
  • Knowing
  • Long-headed
  • Nimble-witted
  • Nimble
  • Not missing a trick
  • Observant
  • On the ball
  • Pawky
  • Penetrating
  • Penetrative
  • Perceptive
  • Percipient
  • Perspicacious
  • Piercing
  • Probing
  • Quick off the mark
  • Quick on the uptake
  • Quick-witted
  • Quick
  • Rapier-like
  • Ready
  • Savvy
  • Searching
  • Sensitive
  • Sharp-sighted
  • Sharp-witted
  • Shrewd
  • Smart
  • Suss
  • Whip-smart
  • With all one's wits about one
  • Argute

11. clever

  • Artful
  • Canny
  • Clever
  • Crafty
  • Cunning
  • Dishonest
  • Guileful
  • Shrewd
  • Slick
  • Smart
  • Unscrupulous
  • Wily
  • Fly

12. smart

  • Chic
  • Classy
  • Cool
  • Dressy
  • Elegant
  • Fashionable
  • Flash
  • Fly
  • Kicking
  • Kicky
  • Modish
  • Natty
  • Nifty
  • Sassy
  • Smart
  • Snappy
  • Snazzy
  • Spiffy
  • Spruce
  • Stylin'
  • Stylish
  • Tony
  • Trendy
  • Trig

13. precisely

  • Dead on
  • Exactly
  • On the button
  • On the dot
  • On the nose
  • On the stroke of …
  • Precisely
  • Prompt
  • Promptly
  • Punctually
  • On the knocker

14. abruptly

  • Abruptly
  • All of a sudden
  • Sharply
  • Suddenly
  • Unexpectedly
  • Without warning

Sharp Sentences

The knife is extremely sharp today.

He has a sharp memory overall.

Her tone was sharp during conversation.

The turn was dangerously sharp ahead.