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Synonyms for pointed

  • adjective

Most common

pointy epigrammatic sententious telling marked piked

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Sharp — sharp, barbed; not dull

sharp, pointy, peaked, keen, acute, piquant, acuminate, poignant dated, cuspidate rare, acuate rare

2. Pithy

pithy, concise, compact, epigrammatic, sententious

Other

spiked, marked, telling, emphatic, conspicuous, angular, spinous, piked, acanthoid rare, acanthous rare

Antonyms

blunt, obtuse, pointless

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Sharp, barbed; not dull.

    The warrior brandished a pointed spear.

  2. adj. 2

    Having a certain number of points.

Related words

Word family
pointedly pointedness
Phrases
pointed cabbage

Example sentences

  • pointy The sea urchin was too pointy to pick up.
  • telling There is no telling who will be sent in his place.
  • marked The contrast between the two ideas is very marked.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
pointedsteady
pointyrising
epigrammaticfalling
sententiousfalling
tellingrising
markedfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
keen1
5 letters
sharp1, acute2, pithy2, piked
6 letters
marked1, peaked1, spiked1, pointy2, acuate
7 letters
telling2, compact2, concise2, angular3, piquant2, spinous
8 letters
poignant2, emphatic3
9 letters
acuminate, cuspidate, acanthoid, acanthous
11 letters
conspicuous4, sententious
12 letters
epigrammatic5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (acute2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
pointu