What is another word for spiky?
193 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ spˈa͡ɪki], [ spˈaɪki], [ s_p_ˈaɪ_k_i]Table of Contents
Similar words for spiky:- abrasive (adjective)
- argumentative (adjective)
- knifelike (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- polemic (adjective)
- sharp (adjective)
- spiny (adjective)
- high (noun)
- high-pitched (noun)
- litigiousness (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Spiky:
adj.
•abrasive (adjective)- cutting,
- hateful,
- caustic,
- sharp,
- hard to take,
- hurtful,
- spikier,
- galling,
- biting,
- spikiest,
- annoying,
- unpleasant,
- nasty,
- rubbing the wrong way.
- contrary,
- belligerent,
- contentious,
- scrappy,
- quarrelsome,
- touchy,
- having a chip on one's shoulder,
- fire eating,
- factious,
- opinionated,
- controversial,
- polemical,
- pugnacious,
- litigious,
- salty,
- polemic,
- fire-eating,
- combative,
- disputatious.
- bristly,
- needlelike,
- stinging,
- Unblunted,
- Whetted,
- prickly,
- splintery,
- ground fine,
- sharp-edged,
- Needle-pointed,
- jagged,
- razor-sharp,
- knife-edged,
- tipped,
- sharpened,
- fine,
- spiked,
- needle-like,
- edged,
- cuspate,
- keen-edged,
- apical,
- sagittal,
- acute,
- pointed,
- pointy,
- Acuminous,
- needle-point,
- spear-like,
- barbed,
- Honed,
- razor-edged,
- keen,
- serrated,
- acuate.
n.
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- body,
- coiffed,
- bushy,
- bouffant,
- balding,
- bedhead,
- close-cropped,
- bad hair day,
- bald.
- high.
Other synonyms:
•Other relevant words (noun):- acuminate,
- intelligent,
- Mucronulate,
- Aciculiform,
- slender,
- sagittate,
- shrewd,
- pungent,
- needle-shaped,
- Aculeous,
- Spined,
- Arrowy,
- Aciform,
- Odontoid,
- Mucronate,
- cuspidate,
- spikelike,
- argumentative,
- Setaceous,
- apiculate,
- piquant,
- Spicular,
- aculeated,
- skinny,
- Denticulated,
- ensiform,
- cuspidated,
- horned,
- Setose,
- Snaggy,
- Pectinated,
- serrate,
- fusiform,
- toothed,
- Cornute,
- studded,
- Stelliform,
- Hebetate,
- bitter,
- starlike,
- incisive,
- conical,
- sagittiform,
- tined,
- Digitated,
- tapering,
- acanthoid,
- aculeate,
- acuminated,
- briary,
- peaky,
- slim,
- briery,
- intense,
- salient,
- craggy,
- pyramidal,
- Dentiform,
- Spurred,
- Arrowheaded,
- Muricated,
- Spiculate,
- tapered,
- Bristling,
- higher,
- Two-edged,
- Cornuted,
- brambly,
- aciculate,
- pronged,
- Stellated,
- cusped,
- thin,
- peaked,
- alert,
- horny,
- Mucronated,
- Muricate,
- thin person,
- acicular.
Antonyms for Spiky:
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adj.
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abrasive
kind, smooth, likeable, mild, nice, soothing, soft, pleasant, calm, agreeable, pleasing, moderate.
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argumentative
compromising, friendly, complaisant.
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sharp
low, benevolent, blunt, flat, old-fashioned, unstylish, indistinct, stupid, frank, ignorant, honest, bland, unintelligent, indefinite, tasteless, slow, forthright, undefined, aboveboard, lazy, boring, dull.
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thorny
untroublesome, unpointed, easy, solvable.
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Other antonyms:
low-pitched.
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abrasive
Homophones for Spiky:
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