All spiny synonyms
spin·y
S s adj spiny
- chaetophorous — bearing bristles; setigerous.
- bristly — Bristly hair is thick and rough.
- acuate — to sharpen
- barbellate — (of plants or plant organs) covered with barbs, hooks, or bristles
- aristate — Botany. having aristae; awned.
- horned — made of horn.
- hispid — rough with stiff hairs, bristles, or minute spines.
- brambly — having or resembling brambles.
- apical — of, at, or being the apex
- acuminous — keen insight; shrewdness: remarkable acumen in business matters.
- knife-edged — having a thin, sharp edge.
- echinate — bristly; prickly.
- lancinating — to stab or pierce.
adjective spiny
- barbed — A barbed remark or joke seems polite or humorous, but contains a cleverly hidden criticism.
- arrowlike — resembling an arrow
- needlelike — a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
- jaggy — jagged; notched.
- knifelike — Resembling a knife or its effects.