spiny
English Thesaurus
1. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. (adj.all)
similar | : | armed, |
definition | : | (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns (adj.all) |
derivation | : | seta, |
definition | : | a stiff hair or bristle (noun.animal) |
derivation | : | barbel, feeler, |
definition | : | slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish (noun.animal) |
derivation | : | bristle, |
definition | : | a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic (noun.artifact) |
derivation | : | bur, burr, |
definition | : | seed vessel having hooks or prickles (noun.plant) |
2. having spines (adj.all)
antonym | : | spineless, |
definition | : | lacking spiny processes (adj.all) |
3. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. (adj.all)
derivation | : | seta, |
definition | : | a stiff hair or bristle (noun.animal) |
derivation | : | barbel, feeler, |
definition | : | slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish (noun.animal) |
derivation | : | bristle, |
definition | : | a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic (noun.artifact) |
derivation | : | bur, burr, |
definition | : | seed vessel having hooks or prickles (noun.plant) |
4. having spines (adj.all)
antonym | : | spineless, |
definition | : | lacking spiny processes (adj.all) |
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