What is "needlelike" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does needlelike mean in English? Meaning of needlelike definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "needlelike" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "needlelike": ending in a sharp point

Adjective

  • Meaning: ending in a sharp point
  • Synonyms: acuate acute needlelike sharp
  • Similar: pointed
  • Adjective: Resembling a needle in shape 2007 March 18, Josh Barbanel, “Tall and Thin, Back in Fashion”, New York Times: It has a needlelike tower rising above a 23-foot-8-inch-wide street front.2007 March 18, Josh Barbanel, “Tall and Thin, Back in Fashion”, New York Times: It has a needlelike tower rising above a 23-foot-8-inch-wide street front.
  • Synonyms:

    acute, pointed, stinging, keen, salient, fine, tapering, barbed, jagged, peaked, prickly, serrated, spiked, thorny, aciculate, acuminate, cuspate, cuspidate, pointy, razor-sharp, sharpened, spiny, acuate, acuminous, apical, briery, edged, ground fine, honed, horned, keen-edged, knife-edged, needle-pointed, pronged, sharp-edged, spiky, splintery, tapered, tined, tipped, unblunted, whetted, peaked, barbed, pointed, piercing, keen, acuminate, jagged, fine, aciculate, acute, cuspate, cuspidate, knifelike, lancinating, edged, horned, honed, acuate, acuminous, apical, briery, ground fine, keen-edged, knife-edged, needle-pointed, poin, aciculate, acuminate, acute, barbed, cuspate, cuspidate, fine, gnawing, jagged, keen, lancinating, peaked, piercing, pointed, pointy, prickly, salient, serrated, shooting, spiked, stabbing, stinging, tapering, thorny, acuate, acuminous, apical, briery, edged, ground fine, honed, horned, keen-edged, knife-edged, needle-pointed, pronged, razor-sharp, sharp-edged, sharpened, spiky, spiny, splintery, tapered, tined, tipped, unblunted, whetted, aciculate, acuminate, acute, barbed, cuspate, cuspidate, fine, gnawing, jagged, keen, knifelike, peaked, piercing, pointed, pointy, prickly, salient, serrated, shooting, spiked, stabbing, stinging, tapering, thorny, acuate, acuminous, apical, briery, edged, ground fine, honed, horned, keen-edged, knife-edged, needle-pointed, pronged, razor-sharp, sharp-edged, sharpened, spiky, spiny, splintery, tapered, tined, tipped, unblunted, whetted, pointed, stinging, gnawing, jagged, shooting, fine, serrated, barbed, acuminate, peaked, tapering, piercing, keen, spiked, aciculate, acute, cuspate, cuspidate, knifelike, lancinating, pointy, prickly, salient, thorny, tined, edged, honed, tipped, sharpened, tapered, horned, whetted, acuate, acuminous, apical, briery, ground fine, keen-edged, knife-edged, needle-pointed, pronged, razor-sharp, sharp-edged, spiky, spiny, splintery, unblunted,

    Antonyms:

    lazy, ignorant, stupid, unintelligent, aboveboard, forthright, frank, honest, indefinite, indistinct, boring, old-fashioned, benevolent, kind, blunt, dull, slow, calm, mild, moderate, undefined, unstylish, nice, bland, flat, low, tasteless, blunt, dull, blunt, dull, smooth,

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