SPIKELIKE Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

spikelike

adjective

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as in spiky

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Adjective

Still, even with the Justice Department approving the WBD merger late last week without any concessions, the Paramount Skydance’s CEO’s happy face masked some spikey obstacles to the merger from overseas and in state houses over Ellison’s strategic bear hug with the ex-Apprentice host.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 15 June 2026
This will be a bumper quarter for oil and gas shareholders, who have always learned to stick it out through the doldrums for spikey periods like this.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 19 Mar. 2026

Definition of spiky

Adjective

John Homme sings at the jagged, forlorn beginning of the ninth Queens of the Stone Age album.

— Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2026
As with his previous films, Iñárritu tells his story using scenes out of order so that the pieces fall together in a jagged form that heightens the tension.

— Ray Bennett, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of jagged

Adjective

In winter an outdoor bar built from 240 blocks of ice serves mulled wine and spiked cocoa.

— Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Nov. 2026
Most of that trash — 240 million tons a year, enough to bury Manhattan under 100 feet of refuse — is hauled to one of the country’s 1,400 active landfills, where hulking vehicles with spiked wheels crush it into thin layers.

— Alex Cuadros, ProPublica, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of spiked

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Now, meet the brand’s mask, which takes a three-pronged approach to hydration using high-tech ingredients with another marine theme.

— Iman Balagam, Vogue, 6 Nov. 2026
Its Le Bon Marché outpost is part of a two-pronged push that will see the brand open its first permanent store outside of China in early December, at Bangkok’s CentralWorld mall.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of pronged

Adjective

The sharks were identified as juvenile spiny dogfish, a small species of shark commonly found along the Atlantic coast.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026
The spiny, prickly leaves of Oregon grape holly start bronze-red in the spring, then turn green and become purple-red in the winter.

— Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 13 Aug. 2026

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