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ACANTHOUS Synonyms

10 synonyms for acanthous. (exact relations)
0 hypernym for acanthous. (close relations)

Best Synonyms for ACANTHOUS

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barbed

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• capable of wounding

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

bristly

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• very irritable

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

jagged

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• having a sharply uneven surface or outline

• having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed

prickly

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• very irritable

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

spiky

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• having or as if having especially high-pitched spots

spiny

adjective

adj

adjective

• having spines

adjective satellite

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

thorny

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• bristling with perplexities

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

spiculate

verb, adjective

v, adj

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acanthoid

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• shaped like a spine or thorn

spinous

adjective

adj

adjective

• having spines

adjective satellite

• shaped like a spine or thorn

Alternatives for BARBED

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