Definition for Knifelike:

• cutting or able to cut as if with a knife

Synonyms for Knifelike:

• adj.

  •acute (adjective)
  • acicular,
  • knifelike.
  •knifelike (adjective)
  • pointed,
  • barbed,
  • razor-sharp,
  • spiny,
  • cuspate,
  • sharpened,
  • thorny,
  • salient,
  • sharp-edged,
  • serrated,
  • tined,
  • peaked,
  • spiky,
  • acuminate,
  • edged,
  • tapering,
  • Honed,
  • stinging,
  • aciculate,
  • pronged,
  • prickly,
  • cuspidate,
  • Unblunted,
  • spiked,
  • tipped,
  • Whetted,
  • fine,
  • splintery,
  • jagged,
  • pointy,
  • tapered.
  •lancinating (adjective)
  • spikiest,
  • spikier.
  •piercing (adjective)
  • excruciating,
  • high,
  • blaring,
  • cold,
  • painful,
  • roaring,
  • thin,
  • fierce,
  • bitter,
  • freezing,
  • numbing,
  • loud,
  • biting,
  • deafening,
  • shattering,
  • stentorian,
  • agonizing,
  • frosty,
  • arctic,
  • treble,
  • severe,
  • earsplitting,
  • high-pitched,
  • powerful,
  • wintry,
  • racking.
  •sharp (adjective)
  • drilling,
  • Paralyzing,
  • distressing,
  • smart,
  • sore,
  • violent.

• n.

  •
  • big,
  • shooting.
  •distinct (noun)
  • distinct.
  •knifelike (noun)
  • perceptive.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Gnawing.
  •Other relevant words:
  • crude,
  • quick-sighted,
  • traumatic,
  • precipitous,
  • crisp,
  • piquant,
  • acerbic,
  • sharp-worded,
  • dandy,
  • immature,
  • poignant,
  • beautiful,
  • delicate,
  • bleak,
  • very good,
  • neat,
  • astute,
  • shrewd,
  • famous,
  • peachy,
  • smashing,
  • raw,
  • discriminate,
  • alert,
  • acrid,
  • fresh,
  • unkind,
  • cruel,
  • shrill,
  • nifty,
  • astringent,
  • acerb,
  • harsh,
  • groovy,
  • intelligent,
  • abrupt,
  • grim,
  • corking,
  • excellent,
  • caustic,
  • cracking,
  • intense,
  • elegant,
  • sharper,
  • double-edged,
  • great,
  • bully,
  • set,
  • exquisite.

Antonyms for Knifelike:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    unperceptive, dull, unperceiving, indistinct.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    flat, natural.

Knifelike Sentence Examples:

• He rose from his mound of pillows, jerking his daring waistcoat into place, flinging each knee outward to adjust the knifelike trouser creases, swept backward a black, pomaded forelock and straightened an accurate and vivid cravat.

• His forearms were almost as large as a man's body; the three largest of his five knifelike claws were five and a half inches long; in the mud his feet had left tracks that were fifteen inches from tip to tip.