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
B2
sharp
B2
trenchant
acute
C2
brutal
C1
grim
C1
barbarian
C2
merciless
C2
fierce
C1
barbarous
37k
bloodthirsty
C2
cruel
B2
piercing
C2
cutting
B2
unkind
C2
atrocious
21k
inhuman
C2
penetrating
C2
penetrative
biting
C1
apposite
felicitous
knifelike
epigrammatic
discriminating
39k
ingenious
C2
laboured
40k
lusty
35k
mordacious
mordant
nipping
33k
opportune
34k
peaked
25k
peaky
46k
perceptive
C2
perspicacious
pertinent
21k
pithy
48k
pointed
C1
pungent
32k
quick-witted
ready
A1
relevant
C1
rob
B1
robust
C2
salty
C1
scathing
47k
seasonable
shrewd
C2
shrill
25k
Translations

incisif
incisivo
incisivo
penetrante
incisiu
sivri
schneidend
zeki
incisivo
prägnant
penetrante
vif
agudo
keskin

κοπτερός

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪnˈsaɪ.sɪv/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
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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.

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