- 15. Keen, penetrating, piercing, severe, attentive, vigilant.
- 16. Shrewd, exacting, close.
Sharp, v. a. Sharpen, make keen.
Sharp-cut, a. Clear, distinct, well-defined.
Sharpen, v. a.
- 1. Edge, make keen, point.
- 2. Make eager.
- 3. Sharp, make shrill.
- 4. Intensify, make more intense.
Sharper, n. Cheat, rogue, swindler, trickster, shark, knave, blackleg, tricky fellow, defrauder, deceiver.
Sharply, ad.
- 1. Severely, rigorously, roughly.
- 2. Vigorously, acutely, keenly.
- 3. Vehemently, violently.
- 4. Minutely, exactly, accurately.
- 5. Wittily, acutely, trenchantly.
- 6. Steeply, abruptly.
Sharpness, n.
- 1. Acuteness, keenness.
- 2. Sagacity, shrewdness, ingenuity, wit, cleverness, quickness, acuteness, discernment, acumen.
- 3. Pungency, piquancy, acridity, acidity, tartness.