Definition for Needlelike:

• ending in a sharp point

Synonyms for Needlelike:

• adj.

  •gnawing (adjective)
  • lancinating,
  • piercing,
  • knifelike.
  •sharp (adjective)
  • splintery,
  • keen,
  • apical,
  • cuspate,
  • serrated,
  • edged,
  • horned,
  • jagged,
  • tined,
  • knife-edged,
  • spikiest,
  • Honed,
  • tipped,
  • spiny,
  • acuminate,
  • sharpened,
  • Unblunted,
  • ground fine,
  • aciculate,
  • sharp-edged,
  • spikier,
  • razor-sharp,
  • Acuminous,
  • fine,
  • prickly,
  • cuspidate,
  • spiked,
  • Whetted,
  • Needle-pointed,
  • tapering,
  • briery,
  • salient,
  • spiky,
  • tapered,
  • stabbing,
  • stinging,
  • pronged,
  • keen-edged,
  • thorny,
  • pointy,
  • barbed,
  • peaked.

• n.

  •acerate (noun)
  • acerate.
  •acerose (noun)
  • acerose.
  •acicular (noun)
  • acicular.
  •pointed (noun)
  • pointed.
  •unsubdivided (noun)
  • unsubdivided.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • Gnawing,
  • poin.
  •n.
  • acuate,
  • acute,
  • sharp.

Antonyms for Needlelike:

• adj.

  • sharp
    kind, blunt, old-fashioned, indistinct, bland, moderate, mild, nice, honest, unstylish, indefinite, ignorant, boring, aboveboard, benevolent, low, forthright, stupid, tasteless, flat, undefined, calm, lazy, unintelligent, dull, frank, slow.
  • stabbing
    smooth.
  • Other antonyms:
    thick, voluminous, fat, thickset, stocky, broad, wide, pointless, chunky, massive, Thickish, Widish, bulky, stumpy, unpointed, squat.

Needlelike Sentence Examples:

• Unerringly he launched himself at the drowsy partridge's throat, and his needlelike teeth sank through feathers into flesh.

• Two needlelike peaks showed well to the eastward.

Homophones for Needlelike:

• nodulose, naiadales, netlike, nutlike, Nuttall's Oak, nonmetallic, neonatology, nautilus, nonetheless, needless, Nuttall Oak.