Synonyms of the word

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.

abrupt

• adj. (obsolete, rare) Broken away (from restraint).
• adj. Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
• adj. Curt in manner; brusque; rude; uncivil; impolite.
• adj. Having sudden transitions from one subject or state to another; unconnected; disjointed.
• adj. (obsolete) Broken off.
• adj. Extremely steep or craggy as if broken up; precipitous.
• adj. (botany) Suddenly terminating, as if cut off; truncate.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To tear off or asunder.
• v. To interrupt suddenly.
• n. (poetic) Something which is abrupt; an abyss.

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.

acutely

• adv. In an acute manner.

astute

• adj. quickly and critically discerning.
• adj. shrewd or crafty.

carnassial

• n. One of the teeth used by a carnivore for shearing flesh, being the last upper premolar and the first lower…

crisp

• adj. (of something seen or heard) Sharp, clearly defined.
• adj. Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture.
• adj. Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness.
• adj. (of weather, air etc.) Dry and cold.
• adj. (of movement, action etc.) Quick and accurate.
• adj. (of talk, text, etc.) Brief and to the point.
• adj. (of wine) having a refreshing amount of acidity; having less acidity than green wine, but more than a…
• adj. (obsolete) Lively; sparking; effervescing.
• adj. (dated) Curling in stiff curls or ringlets.
• adj. (obsolete) Curled by the ripple of water.
• adj. (computing theory) Not using fuzzy logic; based on a binary distinction between true and false.
• n. (Britain) A thin slice of fried potato eaten as a snack.
• v. (transitive) To make crisp.
• v. (intransitive) To become crisp.
• v. (transitive, dated) To curl; to form into ringlets, for example hair, or the nap of cloth.
• v. (transitive, dated) to interweave, like the branches of trees.
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To undulate or ripple.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To cause to undulate irregularly, as crape or water; to wrinkle; to cause to ripple.

cutting

• v. present participle of cut.
• n. (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.
• n. (countable) A section removed from the larger whole.
• n. (countable) A newspaper clipping.
• n. (countable) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
• n. (countable) An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
• n. (uncountable) The editing of film or other recordings.
• n. (uncountable) Self-harm; the act of cutting one's own skin.
• n. (machining) The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.
• n. (countable) A narrow passage, dug for a road, railway or canal to go through.
• adj. (not comparable) That is used for cutting.
• adj. Of remarks, criticism, etc., potentially hurtful.

discriminating

• adj. Able to perceive fine distinctions between similar things; perceptive.
• adj. Having a discerning judgment or taste.
• v. present participle of discriminate.

distinct

• adj. Capable of being perceived very clearly.
• adj. Different from one another (with the preferable adposition being "from").
• adj. Noticeably different from others; distinctive.
• adj. Separate in place; not conjunct or united; with from.
• adj. (obsolete) Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified.
• adj. (obsolete) Marked; variegated.

edged

• v. simple past tense and past participle of edge.
• adj. That has a sharp planar surface.
• adj. followed by with: Having an edging of a certain material, color, and so on.

forceful

• adj. With assertive force; powerful.

fulgurating

• v. present participle of fulgurate.

high

• adj. Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
• adj. Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
• adj. Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
• adj. Elevated in status, esteem, prestige; exalted in rank, station, or character.
• adj. Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).
• adj. Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality…
• adj. (in several set phrases) Remote in distance or time.
• adj. (in several set phrases) Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing…
• adj. Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
• adj. (of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich.
• adj. Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haugty, boastful, proud.
• adj. (of a body of water) With tall waves.
• adj. Large, great (in quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
• adj. (acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations…
• adj. (phonetics) Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
• adj. (card games) Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
• adj. (of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
• adj. (slang) Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly (until the early 20th century)…
• adj. (nautical, of a sailing ship) Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
• adv. In or to an elevated position.
• adv. In or at a great value.
• adv. In a pitch of great frequency.
• n. A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
• n. A drug that gives such a high.
• n. (informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
• n. The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
• n. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
• n. (card games) The highest card dealt or drawn.
• v. (obsolete) To rise.
• n. (obsolete) Thought; intention; determination; purpose.
• v. To hie; to hasten.

high-pitched

• adj. Of a sound, having a comparatively high pitch.

incisive

• adj. Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression; decisive; forthright.
• adj. Intelligently analytical and concise.
• adj. Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; sharp; acute; sarcastic;…
• adj. (anatomy) Of or relating to the incisors.

intense

• adj. Strained; tightly drawn.
• adj. Strict, very close or earnest.
• adj. Extreme in degree; excessive.
• adj. Extreme in size or strength.
• adj. Stressful and tiring.
• adj. Very severe.

keen

• adj. Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness…
• adj. Fierce, intense, vehement.
• adj. Having a fine edge or point; sharp.
• adj. Acute of mind, having or expressing mental acuteness; penetrating, sharp.
• adj. Acrimonious, bitter, piercing.
• adj. Of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp.
• adj. (Britain) Extremely low as to be competitive.
• adj. (US, informal, dated) Marvelous.
• adj. (obsolete) Brave, courageous; audacious, bold.
• v. (transitive, rare) To make cold, to sharpen.
• n. A prolonged wail for a deceased person.
• v. (intransitive) To utter a keen.
• v. (transitive) To utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry.
• v. (transitive) To mourn.

knifelike

• adj. Resembling a knife or its effects.

lancinate

• v. To pierce or stab (as with a lance), to lance.

lancinating

• v. present participle of lancinate.
• adj. (especially of pain) Sharp, stabbing or piercing.

needlelike

• adj. Resembling a needle in shape.

penetrating

• adj. able to pierce or penetrate.
• adj. demonstrating acute or keen understanding.
• v. present participle of penetrate.

penetrative

• adj. Of, pertaining to, or involving penetration.
• adj. Having the ability to penetrate.
• adj. Displaying insight or discrimination; acute.

perceptive

• adj. having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition.

piercing

• v. present participle of pierce.
• n. (uncountable) The action of the verb to pierce.
• n. A hole made in the body so that jewellery/jewelry can be worn through it.
• n. The jewelry itself.
• adj. Anything or anyone that pierces.

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.

precipitous

• adj. Steep, like a precipice.
• adj. Headlong.
• adj. Hasty; rash; quick; sudden.

razor-sharp

• adj. As sharp as a razor, extremely or ultimately sharp.
• adj. (idiomatic) Very clever or quick-witted.

salt

• n. A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment…
• n. (chemistry) One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion…
• n. (uncommon) A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea.
• n. (slang) A sailor (also old salt).
• n. (cryptography) Randomly chosen bytes added to a plaintext message prior to encrypting it, in order to…
• n. A person who seeks employment at a company in order to (once employed by it) help unionize it.
• n. (obsolete) flavour; taste; seasoning.
• n. (obsolete) piquancy; wit; sense.
• n. (obsolete) A dish for salt at table; a salt cellar.
• n. (figuratively) That which preserves from corruption or error, or purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic;…
• adj. Salty; salted.
• adj. Saline.
• adj. Related to salt deposits, excavation, processing or use.
• adj. (figuratively, obsolete) Bitter; sharp; pungent.
• adj. (figuratively, obsolete) Salacious; lecherous; lustful; (of animals) in heat.
• v. (transitive) To add salt to.
• v. (intransitive) To deposit salt as a saline solution.
• v. (mining) To blast gold into (as a portion of a mine) in order to cause to appear to be a productive seam.
• v. (cryptography) To add filler bytes before encrypting, in order to make brute-force decryption more resource-intensive.
• v. To include colorful language in.
• v. To insert or inject something into an object to give it properties it would not naturally have.
• v. (archaeology) To add bogus evidence to an archeological site.
• v. To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.

scratching

• v. present participle of scratch.
• n. The act or sound of something being scratched.
• n. A pork scratching.
• n. Record scratching, a technique of starting and stopping a vinyl record from playing to produce music in…

sharpened

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

sharply

• adv. In a sharp manner; pertaining to precision.
• adv. (to describe breathing) Suddenly and intensely like a gasp, but typically as the result of a emotional…
• adv. In an intellectually alert and penetrating manner.
• adv. Severely.

shrewd

• adj. showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.
• adj. artful, tricky or cunning.
• adj. streetwise.
• adj. knowledgeable.
• adj. (archaic) Scolding, satirical, sharp.

shrill

• adj. High-pitched and piercing.
• adj. Sharp or keen to the senses.
• adj. Having a shrill voice.
• v. To make a shrill noise.
• n. A shrill sound.

smart

• v. (intransitive) To hurt or sting.
• v. (transitive) To cause a smart or sting in.
• v. To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to suffer; to feel the sting of evil.
• adj. Causing sharp pain; stinging.
• adj. Sharp; keen; poignant.
• adj. Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
• adj. Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.
• adj. (often in combination) Equipped with digital/computer technology.
• adj. Good-looking.
• adj. Cleverly shrewd and humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful.
• adj. Sudden and intense.
• adj. (US, Southern, dated) Intense in feeling; painful. Used usually with the adverb intensifier right.
• adj. (archaic) Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.
• adj. (archaic) Pretentious; showy; spruce.
• adj. (archaic) Brisk; fresh.
• n. A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.
• n. Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction.
• n. Smart-money.
• n. (slang, dated) A dandy; one who is smart in dress; one who is brisk, vivacious, or clever.

stabbing

• adj. (of pain) sharp, intense.
• n. An incident in which a person is stabbed.
• v. present participle of stab.

steep

• adj. Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
• adj. (informal) expensive.
• adj. (obsolete) Difficult to access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high.
• adj. (of the rake of a ship's mast, or a car's windshield) resulting in a mast or windshield angle that strongly…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To soak an item (or to be soaked) in liquid in order to gradually add or remove…
• v. (intransitive) To imbue with something.
• n. A liquid used in a steeping process.
• n. A rennet bag.

sudden

• adj. Happening quickly and with little or no warning.
• adj. (obsolete) Hastily prepared or employed; quick; rapid.
• adj. (obsolete) Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.
• adv. (poetic) Suddenly.
• n. (obsolete) An unexpected occurrence; a surprise.

tart

• adj. Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
• adj. (of wine) high or too high in acidity.
• adj. (figuratively) Sharp; keen; severe.
• n. A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.
• n. (Britain, slang) A prostitute.
• n. (Britain, slang, derogatory) By extension, any woman with loose sexual morals.
• v. To practice prostitution.
• v. To practice promiscuous sex.
• v. To dress garishly, ostentatiously, whorishly, or sluttily.

unpleasant

• adj. Not pleasant.