arrowlike
- adjective
- /ˈɛroʊˌlaɪk/
- The predator's arrowlike tail helped it swiftly navigate through the water while hunting.
Examples
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And that's what had both confused and attracted her: incredible intensity, but controlled, metered, arrowlike intensity that was mixed with warmth and no hint of meanness.
Fiction book (1992) -
In the distance, the mountain ridge had an arrowlike profile that pointed towards the sky.
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The artist created a stunning sculpture with an arrowlike design that drew everyone's attention.
Synonyms
A thing with a sharp tip
Shaped like a long thin sharp needle
Having a very thin end that can prick or cut
Ending in a small sharp tip
Having the shape of an arrowhead, narrow and pointed
Shaped like a pointed tip that becomes narrow at one end
A shape that narrows to a sharp point at the end
Having long thin points like a fork
Narrow and tapering to a pointed tip like a lance
Having a long narrow shape that ends in a sharp point like a spear
Having a long thin pointed shape like a pencil
Long and pointed like a thin sharp stick
Having a long narrow pointed shape like a sword
Narrow and flat, getting thinner at the end like a knife
A thing with a very thin, sharp edge or shape
Shaped like a small, sharp knife with a pointed end
A curved, pointed shape like an arch or a rocket nose
With a small sharp tip like a stiff hair
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Etymology
Arrowlike comes from arrow, the thin weapon with a sharp tip, and -like, meaning 'similar to'. So something arrowlike is pointed or shaped 'like an arrow', with a thin, sharp end.