incisive

Meaning

1. Intelligently analytical and concise. (of a person or mental process)
2. Intelligently analytical and concise. (of a person or mental process)
3. Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression. (of an action)
4. Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; trenchant.
5. (relational) Of or relating to the incisors.

Synonyms

keen

sharp

trenchant

acute

brutal

grim

barbarian

merciless

fierce

barbarous

bloodthirsty

cruel

piercing

cutting

unkind

atrocious

inhuman

penetrating

penetrative

biting

apposite

felicitous

knifelike

epigrammatic

discriminating

ingenious

laboured

lusty

mordacious

mordant

nipping

opportune

peaked

peaky

perceptive

perspicacious

pertinent

pithy

pointed

pungent

quick-witted

ready

relevant

rob

robust

salty

scathing

seasonable

shrewd

shrill

sinewy

slick

smart

spiky

stalwart

stiff

strident

strong

sturdy

tart

taxing

trigger-happy

well-chosen

witty

acuate

fulgurating

acerb

keen on

acerbic

aculeate

apt

aquiline

beaked

bold

brawny

bright

brusque

caustic

clear

crisp

discriminative

edgy

expressive

fit

fitting

fly

✈️

happy

😀

hard-bitten

hearty

hot-headed

hot-tempered

husky

Translations

incisif

incisivo

penetrante

sivri

schneidend

prägnant

agudo

vif

keskin

zeki

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈsaɪ.sɪv/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: -

Cognate with Middle French: incisif

In summary

Late Middle English (in the sense “cutting, penetrating”), borrowed from Medieval Latin incīsīvus, from incīdō (“to cut in, cut through”) + -īvus (“-ive”, adjectival suffix). Compare Middle French incisif.