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tapered
adjective as in conical
Strongest match
Strong match
adjective as in conical/conic
adjective as in graduated
Strong matches
Weak matches
adjective as in knifelike
Weak matches
- aciculate
- acuate
- acuminate
- acuminous
- acute
- apical
- barbed
- briery
- cuspate
- cuspidate
- edged
- fine
- gnawing
- ground fine
- honed
- horned
- jagged
- keen
- keen-edged
- knife-edged
- lancinating
- needle-pointed
- needlelike
- peaked
- piercing
- pointed
- pointy
- prickly
- pronged
- razor-sharp
- salient
- serrated
- sharp-edged
- sharpened
- shooting
- spiked
- spiky
- spiny
- splintery
- stabbing
- stinging
- tapering
- thorny
- tined
- tipped
- unblunted
- whetted
adjective as in lancinating
Weak matches
- aciculate
- acuate
- acuminate
- acuminous
- acute
- apical
- barbed
- briery
- cuspate
- cuspidate
- edged
- fine
- gnawing
- ground fine
- honed
- horned
- jagged
- keen
- keen-edged
- knife-edged
- knifelike
- needle-pointed
- needlelike
- peaked
- piercing
- pointed
- pointy
- prickly
- pronged
- razor-sharp
- salient
- serrated
- sharp-edged
- sharpened
- shooting
- spiked
- spiky
- spiny
- splintery
- stabbing
- stinging
- tapering
- thorny
- tined
- tipped
- unblunted
- whetted
adjective as in narrow
Strong matches
Strongest matches
adjective as in stabbing
Strong matches
Example Sentences
Gaynor’s dream of saving his daughter had tapered into determination to stop the disease’s progression and preserve the strength she had left.
Though his popularity has tapered off in the past decade, the 34-year-old continues to drop new music including his latest album, “The Influence,” released last Friday.
But she worried about the same obstacle facing many of her patients - losing insurance coverage - so she tapered off the drugs as a precaution.
Reports of disappearances have tapered off in recent weeks.
The JNF's terraforming projects have, in a sense, never stopped, even if intense and concerted human effort has tapered off in some areas since 1948.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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