SPIKELIKE Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

spikelike

adjective

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Adjective

Still, even with the Justice Department approving the WBD merger late last week without any concessions, the Paramount Skydance’s CEO’s happy face masked some spikey obstacles to the merger from overseas and in state houses over Ellison’s strategic bear hug with the ex-Apprentice host.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 15 June 2026
This will be a bumper quarter for oil and gas shareholders, who have always learned to stick it out through the doldrums for spikey periods like this.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 19 Mar. 2026

Definition of spiky

Adjective

These edges can therefore appear jagged or stair-stepped, an effect called aliasing.

— Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Sep. 2026
Video filmed by Tubasi’s son and shared with CNN shows debris scattered on the floor, doors and appliances smashed and walls left with large, jagged holes.

— Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of jagged

Adjective

The state oversees different types of facilities for kids in the justice system, ranging in security level from group homes to prisons surrounded by barbed wire.

— Paige Pfleger, ProPublica, 25 Sep. 2026
Which is to say, this is more a barbed comedy of manners than a proper, elegant period piece.

— Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of barbed

Adjective

Experts at iFixit broke into the stems using a hair dryer and a clamp, and found that Apple had switched from soldered batteries to pronged ones.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026
In its brief to the court, Hanaway’s office took a two-pronged approach.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of pronged

Adjective

The sharks were identified as juvenile spiny dogfish, a small species of shark commonly found along the Atlantic coast.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026
The spiny, prickly leaves of Oregon grape holly start bronze-red in the spring, then turn green and become purple-red in the winter.

— Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of spiny

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