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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
The government is widely expected to change the two-child limit in November's Budget, with reports suggesting the Treasury is looking at different options to replace it, including a tapered system.
The design of tapered pillars was inspired by the Palace of the Governors at Uxmal, a Maya ruin on Yucatán Peninsula dating from AD 800.
Harry has been wearing a patch for the past few months, but his progress has tapered off since he reached his seventh birthday.
The two flagpoles, he posted on Truth Social, are “tall, tapered, rust proof” and of the “highest quality.”
The rest of the lumber is rounded into a more tapered shape at the end.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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