Incisive, trenchant, clear-cut, cutting, biting, crisp are applied to utterances, thoughts, style, or mentalities and mean having or manifesting the qualities associated with sharpness, keenness, and acuteness, especially of mind.
Category: Synonyms
Incapable vs Incompetent vs Unqualified
Incapable, incompetent, unqualified mean mentally or physically unfit, or unfitted by nature, character, or training, to do a given kind of work.
Inactive vs Idle vs Inert vs Passive vs Supine
Inactive, idle, inert, passive, supine mean not engaged in work or activity.
Inability vs Disability
Inability, disability are sometimes confused because of their verbal likeness.
Improve vs Recover vs Recuperate vs Convalesce vs Gain
Improve, recover, recuperate, convalesce, gain are comparable as intransitive verbs with the meaning to grow or become better (as in health or well-being).
Improve vs Better vs Help vs Ameliorate
Improve, better, help, ameliorate are comparable when denoting to mend or correct in part or in some degree.
Imprison vs Incarcerate vs Jail vs Immure vs Intern
Imprison, incarcerate, jail, immure, intern mean to confine closely so that escape is impossible or unlikely.
Impression vs Impress vs Imprint vs Print vs Stamp
Impression, impress, imprint, print, stamp are comparable when denoting the perceptible trace or traces left by pressure.
Imposture vs Cheat vs Fraud vs Sham vs Fake vs Humbug vs Deceit vs Deception vs Counterfeit
Imposture, cheat, fraud, sham, fake, humbug, deceit, deception, counterfeit all mean something which pretends to be one thing in its nature, character, or quality but is really another.
Impostor vs Faker vs Quack vs Mountebank vs Charlatan
Impostor, faker, quack, mountebank, charlatan denote a person who makes pretensions to being someone or something that he is not or of being able to do something he cannot really do.
Importance vs Consequence vs Moment vs Weight vs Significance vs Import
Importance, consequence, moment, weight, significance, import are comparable when they denote the quality or the character or the state of someone or something that impresses others as of great or sometimes eminent worth, value, or influence.
Implicit vs Virtual vs Constructive
Implicit, virtual, constructive mean being such by correct or justifiable inference rather than by direct statement or proof.