KNIFELIKE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • having a sharp or distinct edge
   Usage Example(s)
   • a narrow knifelike profile
   Similar To
   • distinct (what does distinct mean?)
2. Meaning
   • cutting or able to cut as if with a knife
   Similar To
   • sharp (what does sharp mean?)
3. Meaning
   • as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
   Synonym(s)
   • cutting (what does cutting mean?)
   • keen (what does keen mean?)
   • lancinate (what does lancinate mean?)
   • lancinating (what does lancinating mean?)
   • piercing (what does piercing mean?)
   • stabbing (what does stabbing mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a cutting wind
   • keen winds
   • knifelike cold
   • piercing knifelike pains
   • piercing cold
   • piercing criticism
   • a stabbing pain
   • lancinating pain
   Similar To
   • sharp (what does sharp mean?)
4. Meaning
   • having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
   Synonym(s)
   • acute (what does acute mean?)
   • discriminating (what does discriminating mean?)
   • incisive (what does incisive mean?)
   • keen (what does keen mean?)
   • penetrating (what does penetrating mean?)
   • penetrative (what does penetrative mean?)
   • piercing (what does piercing mean?)
   • sharp (what does sharp mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • an acute observer of politics and politicians
   • incisive comments
   • icy knifelike reasoning
   • as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang
   • penetrating insight
   • frequent pene
   Similar To
   • perceptive (what does perceptive mean?)