Synonyms of jagged

jagged

adjective

ˈja-gəd 

1

as in ragged

having an uneven edge or outline

it's going to be hard to repair the jagged tear in the tablecloth so that it doesn't show

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ragged
• broken
• craggy
• scraggly
• rugged
• rough
• scraggy
• irregular
• harsh
• serrated
• serrate
• roughened
• saw-toothed
• coarse
• bumpy
• nonuniform

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• smooth
• soft
• clean
• regular
• even
• uniform
• unbroken
• flat
• level
• plane
• flush

2

as in uneven

not having a level or smooth surface

rode our mountain bikes down the trail's jagged terrain, which made for a bumpy ride

Synonyms & Similar Words

• uneven
• rugged
• rough
• broken
• ragged
• wavy
• irregular
• coarse
• bumpy
• roughened
• lumpy
• pebbly
• scraggy
• lopsided
• undulating
• unbalanced
• rutted
• harsh
• pocked
• pitted
• unaligned
• undulatory
• inexact
• knobby
• scraggly
• knobbly
• nubby
• scratchy
• knurled
• nonuniform
• rutty
• burred
• nubbly
• sandpapery
• knurly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• smooth
• flat
• uniform
• level
• even
• regular
• exact
• true
• vertical
• aligned
• plane
• horizontal
• straight
• tabular
• alined
• flush
• plumb

Examples of jagged in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Venus in Scorpio is here to smooth the jagged edges so healing can occur. —USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2024

New York Street with Moon, by contrast, is jagged, the kind of painting one’s eye stumbles over while trying take it in. —Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 12 Sep. 2024

For perhaps the first time in the long, jagged road of his still-young professional career, Dawkins seems to have found a source of solid footing. —Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2024

The trail will lead you to an exposed, at times jagged, cliffside. —Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024