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sharp
sharp
Synonyms and Antonyms of sharp
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having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something
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having a powerfully stimulating odor or flavor
gingery, hot, peppery, piquant, spicy, tart, zesty, zingy
animating, energizing, exciting, galvanizing, invigorating, provocative
appetizing, delectable, delicious, palatable, toothsome
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tapering to a thin tip
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being in the latest or current fashion
dapper, dashing, dressy, kicky, natty, rakish, sassy, saucy, spiffy, spruce
chichi, classy, flossy, haute (also haut), nobby, posh, ritzy, soigné (or soignée), swank (or swanky)
elegant, graceful, handsome, majestic, refined, sophisticated, stately, tasteful, understated
doggish, doggy, flashy, gallant
ultrachic, ultracool, ultrahip, ultraposh, ultrasmart, ultrasophisticated
cheesy, tacky, unattractive, unbecoming
graceless, inelegant, tasteless, trashy, unhandsome
frowsy (or frowzy), sloppy, slovenly, unkempt, untidy
disheveled (or dishevelled), messy, mussy, rumpled, wrinkled
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being strikingly neat and trim in style or appearance
dolled up, dressy, elegant, formal, spiffed-up
à la mode (also a la mode), chic, fashionable, in, modish, stylish
disheveled (or dishevelled), frowsy (or frowzy), sloppy, slovenly, unkempt
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causing intense discomfort to oneʼs skin
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given to or marked by cheating and deception
bent [chiefly British], crooked, deceptive, dishonest, double-dealing, duplicitous, fast, fraudulent, guileful, rogue, shady, shifty, underhand, underhanded
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having or showing a practical cleverness or judgment
artful, cagey (also cagy), crafty, cunning, devious, dodgy [chiefly British], foxy, guileful, pawky [chiefly British], slick, sly, subtle, tricky, wily
discerning, insightful, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, sagacious, sage, sapient, wise
discriminating, discriminative
agile, alert, brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, intelligent, keen, nimble, quick, quick-witted, sharp-eyed, sharp-sighted
artless, guileless, ingenuous, innocent, naive (or naïve)
exploitable, gullible (also gullable)
airheaded, birdbrained, brain-dead, brainless, dim-witted, dopey (also dopy), dumb, empty-headed, feebleminded, gormless [chiefly British], half-witted, knuckleheaded, lamebrain (or lamebrained), lunkheaded, simple, slow, slow-witted, softheaded, stupid, thickheaded, thick-witted, unintelligent, weak-minded
foolish, idiotic (also idiotical), imbecile (or imbecilic), moronic, silly, thoughtless, witless
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having or showing quickness of mind
acute, astute, discerning, heady, insightful, knowing, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, sagacious, sapient, savvy, wise
cerebral, erudite, genial, highbrow, knowledgeable, learned, literate, scholarly, well-read
educated, informed, schooled, skilled, trained
creative, inventive, judicious, prudent, sage, sane, sapient, sensible, sound, wise
boobish, foolish, half-baked, idiotic (also idiotical), imbecile (or imbecilic), moronic, silly
ignorant, illiterate, lowbrow, nonintellectual, unacademic, uneducated, uninformed, unintellectual, untaught, unthinking
absurd, asinine, balmy, cockeyed, crackpot, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dippy, dotty, featherheaded, fool, half-baked, harebrained, insane, kooky (also kookie), loony (also looney), lunatic, mad, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, sappy, screwball, tomfool, unwise, wacky (also whacky), zany
airheaded, birdbrained, boneheaded, brain-dead, brainless, bubbleheaded, chuckleheaded, dense, dim, dim-witted, doltish, dopey (also dopy), dorky [slang], dull, dumb, dunderheaded, empty-headed, fatuous, gormless [chiefly British], half-witted, knuckleheaded, lamebrain (or lamebrained), lunkheaded, mindless, obtuse, opaque, pinheaded, senseless, simple, slow, slow-witted, soft, softheaded, stupid, thick, thickheaded, thick-witted, unbrilliant, unintelligent, unsmart, vacuous, weak-minded, witless
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marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings
brisk, cross, sharp-tongued, sour, sourish, spiky (also spikey), tartish
incisive, keen, poignant, trenchant
cynical, dry, ironic (also ironical), wry
facetious, flippant, tongue-in-cheek
acrimonious, bitter, resentful, vitriolic
harsh, rough, severe, stringent
abrupt, blunt, brusque (also brusk), concise, crisp, curt, gruff, pithy, snippety, snippy, succinct, terse
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able to sense slight impressions or differences
12
uncomfortably cool
Synonym Discussion of sharp
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- sharp enough to spot a confidence game
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- a keen observer of the political scene
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- an acute sense of style
sharp
Synonyms and Antonyms of sharp
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field
ace, adept, artist, authority, cognoscente, connoisseur, crackerjack (also crackajack), dab [chiefly British], dab hand [chiefly British], expert, fiend, geek, guru, hand, hotshot, maestro, master, maven (also mavin), meister, past master, proficient, scholar, shark, virtuoso, whiz, wizard
consultant, hired gun, specialist
addict, aficionado (also afficionado), buff, devotee, enthusiast, fan
all-rounder [British], jack-of-all-trades, Renaissance man
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