Incisive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Penetrating, clear, and sharp, as in operation or expression: an incisive mind; incisive comments.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression; decisive; forthright.
  • adj. Intelligently analytical and concise.
  • adj. Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; sharp; acute; sarcastic; biting.
  • adj. Of or relating to the incisors.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; cutting
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the incisors; incisor.
  • adj. Clearly and succinctly stated, with penetrating insight into the issue at hand.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having the quality of cutting into or dividing the substance of anything; cutting, or used for cutting: as, the incisive teeth.
  • Figuratively, sharply and clearly expressive; penetrating; trenchant; sharp; acute.
  • Having the power of breaking up or dissolving viscid or coagulated humors.
  • In anatomy and zoology: Having the character, function, or situation of an incisor tooth; incisorial.
  • Pertaining in any way to an incisor; situated near incisors; containing incisors: synonymous with premaxillary or intermaxillary and prepalatine.
  • n. In entomology, the incisive edge of the mandible of a beetle. See incisive edge, above.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
  • adj. suitable for cutting or piercing
    • Equivalent
    perceptive    sharp   
    Form
    incisively    incisiveness    incisivity   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cutting    incisor    sharp   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    decisive    derisive    divisive    indecisive   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    concise    trenchant    terse    pithy    caustic   
     
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