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