SHARPNESS Synonyms

• sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart)

• a quick and penetrating intelligence

• a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed

• a quick and penetrating intelligence

• the quality of having a sharp edge or point

• wit having a sharp and caustic quality

• a strong odor or taste property

• the boundary of a surface

• a line determining the limits of an area

• a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object

• the attribute of urgency in tone of voice

• a slight competitive advantage

• the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something

• advance slowly, as if by inches

• provide with a border or edge

• lie adjacent to another or share a boundary

• provide with an edge

• a tapering point

• shrewdness shown by keen insight

• a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

• a rough and bitter manner

• the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth

• the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste

• the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white

• intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty

• the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light

• a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted

• the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand

• unusual mental ability

• firm but easily broken

• a pleasing firmness and freshness

• an expressive style that is direct and to the point

• firm but easily broken

• keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect

• the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)

• high level or degree; the property of being intense

• the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)

• chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue

• intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)

• the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

• the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip

• the quality of being obviously directed at a particular person or thing

• skillful performance or ability without difficulty

• intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay

• a rate that is rapid

• used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather

• something hard to endure

• extreme plainness

• excessive sternness

• intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)

• the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth

• a sharp sour taste

• a rough and bitter manner

• the quality of being sharp and clear

• the state of being several and distinct

• the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known