What is another word for spiny?
206 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ spˈa͡ɪni], [ spˈaɪni], [ s_p_ˈaɪ_n_i]Table of Contents
Synonyms for Spiny:
adj.
• bristly (adjective) • knifelike (adjective) • Other relevant words: (adjective)- hispid,
- Echinated,
- Pricky,
- prickly,
- thorny,
- Setose,
- spinous,
- arrowlike,
- brambly,
- briery,
- Thistly,
- setarious,
- Setaceous,
- barbellate,
- chaetophorous,
- Setiferous,
- bristly,
- Echinate.
- edged,
- serrated,
- splintery,
- cutting,
- needlelike,
- apical,
- spiky,
- spiked,
- razor-sharp,
- keen,
- sagittal,
- needle-point,
- sharp-edged,
- Unblunted,
- keen-edged,
- sharpened,
- razor-edged,
- Acuminous,
- acute,
- spikier,
- sharp,
- spear-like,
- needle-like,
- stinging,
- ground fine,
- cuspate,
- knife-edged,
- fine,
- Whetted,
- pointy,
- tipped,
- spikiest,
- Honed,
- jagged.
n.
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- frothy,
- gilt,
- gilded,
- Cobbled,
- armor-plated,
- gold-plated,
- furry,
- grass,
- gift-wrapped,
- foamy.
Other synonyms:
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- lobster.
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- nettlesome.
- hard-fought,
- horned,
- wicked,
- Spurred,
- acuminate,
- aculeated,
- Stelliform,
- Setigerous,
- Difficile,
- knotty,
- steep,
- sagittate,
- Arrowy,
- Spinulose,
- Mucronate,
- Operose,
- peaked,
- ticklish,
- perplexing,
- acanthoid,
- nipping,
- pronged,
- exacting,
- aciculate,
- Dentiform,
- penetrating,
- toothed,
- acicular,
- conical,
- Denticulated,
- waspish,
- Digitated,
- rugged,
- aculeate,
- Spicular,
- biting,
- splenetic,
- tapered,
- Spinny,
- acrid,
- mordant,
- Aciform,
- mean,
- piquant,
- petulant,
- Bristling,
- tapering,
- strenuous,
- Muricate,
- not easy,
- peppery,
- hard-earned,
- sagittiform,
- complex,
- Two-edged,
- severe,
- Arrowheaded,
- needle-sharp,
- rough,
- Odontoid,
- vexatious,
- difficult,
- sharp-pointed,
- Spiculate,
- Needle-pointed,
- starlike,
- Stellated,
- tough,
- acuminated,
- abstruse,
- Spined,
- tricky,
- spinose,
- pungent,
- troublesome,
- Mucronated,
- Cornuted,
- Aculeiform,
- acanthous,
- horny,
- hot,
- formidable,
- Pectinated,
- spinet,
- Muricated,
- no picnic,
- demanding,
- cusped,
- uphill,
- knotted,
- arduous,
- delicate,
- salient,
- sticky,
- rigorous,
- tined,
- intricate,
- laborious,
- Cornute,
- peevish,
- brutal,
- critical,
- craggy,
- unbated,
- spiculose,
- pyramidal,
- spinney,
- hairy,
- studded,
- acuate,
- fusiform,
- toilsome,
- Snaggy,
- caustic,
- ensiform,
- cuspidated,
- hard,
- mordacious,
- cuspidate,
- spiny dogfish.
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Adjective
contentious, difficult, sensitive, thorny, tricky.
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Adjective
Homophones for Spiny:
- sesbania, sowbane, saipan, spawn, soya bean, Soja Bean, spumy, ship money, span, sixpenny, saxophone, spain, sebum, shaven, sabahan, syphon, supine, saucepan, sheepman, spine, sisyphean, saponin, soybean, sabin, spinney, savanna, Sieva Bean, spavin, submenu, Swiss Pine, savannah, subhuman, savin, spam, subpoena, shavian, spin, sea pen, sphenion, sivan, spume, soupfin, sea fan, sheep pen, Shaaban, sabayon, sibine, shebeen, shove-ha'penny, seven, sabinea, spoon, siphon, sha'ban, squash vine, sousaphone, sabine, soup-fin.
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