lancelike

Shaped like spears

Lancelike means resembling a lance—long, slender, and tapering to a point.

The word appears most often in botanical descriptions: lancelike leaves, lancelike petals.

It can also describe anything with that narrow, pointed shape: lancelike shadows stretched across the floor.

sharp

pointed

Tapering to a tip

  • piercingPenetrating or very sharp
  • keenSharp or enthusiastic
  • acuteIntensely severe or perceptive

penetrating · needlelike · spiky · tapered · razor-sharp · incisive · prickly · pronged · barbed · stabbing

shape

spear

Pole with sharp point

  • needlePointed implement for sewing
  • spindleRotating rod for thread
  • shaftNarrow vertical passage

pole · rod · staff · obelisk · column · taper · pike · javelin · arrow · skewer

medieval

knight

Honored mounted soldier

armor · steed · chivalry · squire · heraldry · pennant · courser · nobility · crusades · paladin

Opposites
shape/point

lancelikeblunt

Dull or tactlessly direct

rounded · dull · obtuse · blunted · stubby

form/structure

lancelikeglobular

Sphere-shaped

round · spherical · bulbous · compact · squat

Family

like, likely, likeness, lance, lances, lanced, lancing, lancet, lancers

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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G