Synonyms for knifelike
knife·like

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1. knifelikeadjective

   cutting or able to cut as if with a knife

   Synonyms:
   penetrating, piercing, lancinate, keen, incisive, penetrative, sharp, cutting, acute, stabbing, lancinating, discriminating

   Antonyms:
   unperceptive, dull, indistinct, unperceiving

2. acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharpadjective

   having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

   "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations"

   Synonyms:
   intense, penetrative, discriminating, shrill, neat, sharp, shrewd, lancinating, nifty, sharp-worded, not bad(p), bang-up, astute, incisive, acuate, dandy, tart, smashing, cutting, bully, precipitous, needlelike, slap-up, abrupt, keen, lancinate, corking, exquisite, groovy, great, acute, piercing, penetrating, swell, cracking, crisp, stabbing, peachy

   Antonyms:
   dull, unperceiving, unperceptive, indistinct

3. cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinatingadjective

   painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

   "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain"

   Synonyms:
   slap-up, cracking, neat, sharp, lancinating, wounding, incisive, cutting, peachy, swell, corking, bully, keen, dandy, nifty, smashing, not bad(p), raw, discriminating, bang-up, acute, groovy, lancinate, stinging, edged, exquisite, penetrating, piercing, bleak, great, stabbing, penetrative

   Antonyms:
   unperceiving, dull, unperceptive, indistinct

4. knifelikeadjective

   having a sharp or distinct edge

   "a narrow knifelike profile"

   Synonyms:
   penetrating, piercing, lancinate, keen, incisive, penetrative, sharp, cutting, acute, stabbing, lancinating, discriminating

   Antonyms:
   indistinct, dull, unperceiving, unperceptive

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