What is another word for spiny?
183 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ spˈa͡ɪni], [ spˈaɪni], [ s_p_ˈaɪ_n_i]Table of Contents
Similar words for spiny:- bristly (adjective)
- knifelike (adjective)
- prickly (adjective)
- sharp (adjective)
- armed (noun)
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Synonyms for Spiny:
adj.
•bristly (adjective) •knifelike (adjective) •prickly (adjective) •sharp (adjective)- 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
thorny, contentious, difficult, tricky, sensitive.
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Antonyms for Spiny:
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Other antonyms:
manageable, straightforward, simple, uncomplicated, easy, unproblematic, painless, unarmed, undemanding, effortless.
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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.