sharpness

Other forms of sharpness

plural

sharpnesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sharpness

What does sharpness mean?

sharpness means "a quick and penetrating intelligence". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sharpness?

sharpness has 2 syllables: sharp-ness. The stress falls on "sharp". In IPA it is /ˈʃɑɹpnəs/.

What is another word for sharpness?

Close synonyms include acuteness, acuity, keenness, edge, pungency. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of sharpness?

The recorded antonyms are dullness, softness, dullness.

Is sharpness a common word?

sharpness is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.