Thesaurus / sharp as a tack
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synonyms for sharp as a tack
- adroit
- canny
- crafty
- discerning
- insightful
- intelligent
- keen
- shrewd
- brainy
- bright
- calculating
- clever
- foxy
- knowing
- not born yesterday
- on the ball
- perspicacious
- quick on the uptake
- sagacious
- savvy
- sharp
- sly
- astute
- discriminating
- quick
- sensitive
- sharp
- shrewd
- wise
- discerning
- Einstein
- whiz
- bright
- brilliant
- canny
- clever
- nobody's fool
- perceptive
- perspicacious
- sagacious
- sapient
- able
- active
- deft
- effective
- keen
- ready
- sharp
- vigorous
- wise
- acute
- adept
- knowing
- prompt
- savvy
- slick
- whiz
- adroit
- all there
- apt
- astute
- bright
- canny
- capable
- clever
- competent
- dexterous
- discerning
- effectual
- intelligent
- nimble-witted
- on the ball
- perceptive
- perspicacious
- quick on the draw
- quick on the trigger
- quick on the uptake
- quick-witted
- receptive
- shrewd
- skillful
- smart as a whip
- wired
- astute
- brainy
- intelligent
- perceptive
- shrewd
- acute
- agile
- alert
- apt
- bright
- brilliant
- canny
- clever
- facetious
- humorous
- keen
- knowing
- nimble-witted
- on the ball
- penetrating
- penetrative
- prompt
- quick
- quick on the draw
- quick on the uptake
- ready
- savvy
- sharp
- sharp-sighted
- sharp-witted
- slick
- whiz
- wired
- wise
- witty
antonyms for sharp as a tack
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- blunt
- dull
- idle
- ignorant
- impotent
- inactive
- ineffective
- inept
- lazy
- slow
- stupid
- unintelligent
- useless
- weak
- clumsy
- sluggish
- uneducated
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use sharp as a tack in a sentence
Now-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.
GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEYA sob rose in her throat, and broke from her lips transformed into a trembling, sharp, glad cry.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDENHe felt himself the meanest, vilest thing a-crawl upon this sinful earth, and she—dear God!
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIAll that scientific bric-a-brac in the cupboard had far better be thrown away.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLSIt was one of those long moments that makes a fellow draw his breath sharp when he thinks about it afterward.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRMrs. Vivian had hardly spoken when the sharp little vibration of her door-bell was heard in the hall.
CONFIDENCEHENRY JAMESThe stratagem worked, because the ships went about from one tack to the other without being seen by the Dutch.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, 1493-1898, VOLUME XX, 1621-1624VARIOUSWhatever you do, don't write a word to that Carr friend of yours; he's as sharp as a two-edged sword.
ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOODThe farmer told him it was six miles; "but," he added, "you must ride sharp, or you will get a wet jacket before you reach it."
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSUrinary sediments may be studied under three heads: A. Unorganized sediments.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODDWORDS RELATED TO SHARP AS A TACK
- accomplished
- ace
- adroit
- brainy
- capable
- clean
- crack
- crackerjack
- deft
- dexterous
- expert
- hot
- hotshot
- know stuff
- masterful
- masterly
- no dummy
- no slouch
- nobody's fool
- on the ball
- on the beam
- practiced
- proficient
- quick
- savvy
- sharp
- sharp as a tack
- skilled
- skillful
- slick
- smooth
- there
- up to speed
- versed
- whiz
- wizard
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.