| ADJECTIVE | all | knifelike | cutting or able to cut as if with a knife |
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| all | knifelike, acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp | having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions | |
| all | knifelike, cutting, keen, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating | painful as if caused by a sharp instrument | |
| all | knifelike | having a sharp or distinct / distinct edge |
| Sounds | nay'flay.k | |
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| Rhymes | alike ... wormlike: 58 rhymes with ayk... | |
| Meaning | cutting or able to cut as if with a knife. | |
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| Broader | sharp | Having or made by a thin edge or sharp point |
| Meaning | Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions. | |
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| Example | "icy knifelike reasoning" | |
| Synonyms | acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp | |
| Broader | perceptive | Having the ability to perceive or understand |
| Spanish | afilado, agudo, fino, incisivo, mordaz, penetrante, punzante | |
| Catalan | afilat, agut, fi, incisiu, penetrant | |
| Meaning | Painful as if caused by a sharp instrument. | |
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| Synonyms | cutting, keen, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating | |
| Broader | sharp | keenly and painfully felt |
| Spanish | cortante, penetrante, punzante | |
| Catalan | penetrant | |
| Meaning | Having a sharp or distinct / distinct edge. | |
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| Example | "a narrow knifelike profile" | |
| Broader | distinct | Easy to perceive / perceive |
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