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

Anxiety knocks people off autopilot, sharpens attention and sends them looking for new information.

— Monique Mitchell Turner, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2026
If this more potent engine wasn’t enough, the 2027 Mercedes-AMG GLS 63 bristles with fresh technology and engineering enhancements to sharpen its driving dynamics.

— Howard Walker, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of sharpen

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For decades, junior accountants learned their trade by reconciling accounts, manually entering data, and grinding through the month-end close.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
This innovation—the mass manufacture of ammonia, vastly more efficient than scraping guano off remote islands or grinding mountains of bison bones—removed the most critical nutrient bottleneck in global agriculture.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026