Synonyms of the word

pointed

• v. simple past tense and past participle of point.
• adj. (comparable) Sharp, barbed; not dull.
• adj. (not comparable) In animals, having a coat pattern with points, that is, darkening of the extremities.
• adj. (comparable, of a comment or inference) Directed negatively at a person or topic.

acanthoid

• adj. Having the shape of a spine or thorn.

acanthous

• adj. Spinous.

acuate

• adj. Sharpened; sharp-pointed.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken.

acute

• adj. Urgent.
• adj. Sensitive.
• adj. Short, quick, brief.
• adj. (geometry) Of an angle, less than 90 degrees.
• adj. (geometry) Of a triangle, having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees.
• adj. (botany) With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at a apex or base).
• adj. (medicine) Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense…
• adj. (medicine) Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply…
• adj. (orthography, after a letter) Having an acute accent.
• adj. High or shrill.
• n. (orthography) An acute accent.
• n. A person who has the acute form of a disorder, such as schizophrenia.
• v. (phonetics) To give an acute sound to.

angular

• adj. Relating or pertaining to an angle or angles.
• adj. Having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner.
• adj. Sharp-cornered; pointed.
• adj. Measured by an angle; as in, angular distance.
• adj. Lean, lank.
• adj. Ungraceful; lacking grace.
• adj. (figuratively) Sharp and stiff in character.
• adj. (organic chemistry) Composed of three or more rings attached to a single carbon atom (the rings not all…
• n. (anatomy) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.

angulate

• adj. Shaped with corners or angles.
• v. To make, or to become, angular.

barreled

• adj. having the specified number of barrels.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of barrel.

barrelled

• v. simple past tense and past participle of barrel.
• adj. (firearms) having a barrel or specified number of barrels.

direct

• adj. Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
• adj. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
• adj. Straightforward; sincere.
• adj. Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
• adj. In the line of descent; not collateral.
• adj. (astronomy) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the…
• adj. (political science) Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes…
• adj. (aviation, travel) having a single flight number.
• adv. Directly.
• v. To manage, control, steer.
• v. To aim (something) at (something else).
• v. To point out or show to (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way.
• v. To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.
• v. (dated) To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom…

fusiform

• adj. (chiefly botany, zoology) Shaped like a spindle with yarn spun on it; having round or roundish cross-section…

needlelike

• adj. Resembling a needle in shape.

nibbed

• adj. having a nib or point.
• adj. having the nib of a stamp's perforation removed or damaged (philately).

peaked

• adj. Having a peak or peaks.
• adj. Sickly-looking, peaky.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of peak.

pyramidal

• adj. (geometry) Pyramid-shaped.
• adj. (crystallography) tetragonal.
• n. (anatomy) One of the carpal bones.

pyramidic

• adj. Of or pertaining to a pyramid; having the form of a pyramid; pyramidal.

pyramidical

• adj. pyramidic.

sharp

• adj. Able to cut easily.
• adj. (colloquial) Intelligent.
• adj. Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded.
• adj. (music) Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
• adj. (music) Higher in pitch than required.
• adj. Having an intense, acrid flavour.
• adj. Sudden and intense.
• adj. (colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.
• adj. (colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd.
• adj. Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
• adj. Offensive, critical, or acrimonious.
• adj. (colloquial) Stylish or attractive.
• adj. Observant; alert; acute.
• adj. Forming a small angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
• adj. Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
• adj. (mathematics, of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible.
• adj. (chess) Tactical; risky.
• adj. Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
• adj. Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
• adj. (obsolete) Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
• adj. Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
• adj. (phonetics, dated) Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.
• adv. To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.
• adv. (not comparable) Exactly.
• adv. (music) In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.
• n. (music) The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff…
• n. (music) A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed…
• n. (music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.
• n. (music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
• n. (usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
• n. A sharp tool or weapon.
• n. (medicine) A hypodermic syringe.
• n. (medicine, dated) A scalpel or other edged instrument used in surgery.
• n. A dishonest person; a cheater.
• n. Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
• n. A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
• n. (in the plural) middlings.
• n. (slang, dated) An expert.
• n. A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
• v. (music) To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.
• v. To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.

sharpened

• adj. Having a sharp point or edge.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of sharpen.

spiked

• adj. (of a beverage) Containing alcohol or drugs, often without the informing those who partake.
• adj. Having spikes.
• adj. Of a graph or trend that has rapidly reached a maximum.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of spike.

spikelike

• adj. Resembling a spike or some aspect of one.

spindle-shaped

• adj. tapering at each end.

spinous

• adj. Having many spines.
• adj. Spine-like; spiny.
• adj. Of a person, difficult to deal with, prickly.
• adj. Of a subject, providing many difficulties, thorny.
• adj. (anatomy) Having a sharp projection.

tapered

• v. simple past tense and past participle of taper.
• adj. narrowing gradually towards a point.
• adj. (obsolete) lit with a taper.

tapering

• v. present participle of taper.
• n. A tapered shape.