Synonyms of spired

spired

adjective

ˈspī(-ə)rd 

as in pointed

tapering to a thin tip

the spired mountain peaks known as the Teton Range

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pointed
• tipped
• sharp
• barbed
• jagged
• peaked
• pointy
• needlelike
• spiny
• pronged
• spiky
• spiked
• spikelike
• spikey
• bladelike
• knifelike

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dull
• rounded
• blunt

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of spired

For instant — but challenging — immersion, take the short and often steep hike to the spired Cathedral Rock (about a mile, out and back). —New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025

Its terra-cotta walls and spired boxwoods signal the style instantly, and inside are huge arched wooden doors and bespoke kitchen tiling. —Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2024

Across the Rio Grande in Matamoros, church bells would ring and the spired cathedrals would remind the Irish soldiers of the old world. —Sarah Quiñones Wolfson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2024

It and the campsite are stunningly situated on Dickson Lake, which is bounded by a spired glacier at the far end of the water that lights up pink with the sunrise. —Cassidy Randall, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2023

Although the occupying German forces had begun retreating, snipers in and around the city’s historic twin-spired 13th-century Gothic cathedral were still firing at the arriving American and French army troops and the ragtag local resistance fighters. —Phil Davison, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023

Two other pioneer-era Utah temples — the iconic six-spired Salt Lake Temple, now shrouded in scaffolding, and the treasured Manti Temple — are undergoing major renovations as well. —Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Mar. 2022