STROP Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

strop

verb

Definition of strop

as in to sharpen

to make sharp or sharper at the museum they showed us how men used to strop razors with leather bands before the days of disposable blades

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Recent Examples of strop Sometimes a leafy twig is selected, and before this can be used the chimpanzee has to strop off the leaves. — National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2019 There’s little thunder, no off-piste mental excursions, no sense of a writer stropping his razor. — New York Times, 9 July 2018

Recent Examples of Synonyms for strop

Verb

Our editorial focus is sharpening around Black women as travelers, entrepreneurs, cultural architects, and community builders.

— Daphne Bryson Jackson, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
Corbin’s arrival gives that group a heel anchor instead of a field of babyfaces jockeying for the same spot, which sharpens the direction heading into summer.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

Definition of sharpen

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With more and more families settling in cities in the second half of the 19th century, camps gave kids a refuge from the oppressive heat, rancid smells and grinding noise of summer in the city.

— Seth T. Kannarr, Fortune, 13 July 2026
If Ryan McMahon really did revive their season with that grinding 12-pitch at bat against Yankee-killing Rays ace Drew Rasmussen last Thursday, what can Brian Cashman do to sufficiently fix the roster for a deep postseason run?

— Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 11 July 2026