trenchant
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect
searching insights
Related & opposite
- incisiveness derivation
- intelligent similar to
Sense 2 adjective
characterized by or full of force and vigor
a hard-hitting expose
Related & opposite
- effective similar to
Sense 3 adjective
clearly or sharply defined to the mind
clear-cut evidence of tampering
Related & opposite
- distinctness derivation
- preciseness derivation
- incisiveness derivation
- clear similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | incisiveness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | intelligent |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | effective |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | distinctness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | preciseness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | incisiveness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | clear |