Entry Word: pointed

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 tapering to a thin tip <the snake plantʼs long pointed leaves make it an easily recognized houseplant>

Synonyms peaked, sharp, tipped

Related Words barbed, jagged, pronged, spiky

Near Antonyms dull, rounded

Antonyms blunt

2 having to do with the matter at hand <he made a number of pointed remarks on the crisis abroad> — see pertinent