Usually means: Covered with sharp, pointed projections.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions Lyrics History Colors (New!) Easter eggs (New!)
We found 27 dictionaries that define the word Spiny:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. spiny: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. spiny: Merriam-Webster
  3. spiny: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. spiny: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. spiny: Collins English Dictionary
  6. spiny: Vocabulary.com
  7. Spiny, spiny: Wordnik
  8. spiny: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. spiny: Wiktionary
  10. spiny: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. spiny: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. spiny: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. spiny: Dictionary.com
  14. Spiny: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Spiny: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. spiny: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. spiny: Rhymezone
  18. Spiny: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. spiny: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. spiny: FreeDictionary.org
  21. spiny: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. spiny: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. spiny: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. spiny: Medical dictionary

(Note: See spinier as well.)

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, Scrabble
Definitions from Wiktionary (spiny)

▸ adjective:  Covered in spines or thorns.
▸ adjective:  Troublesome; difficult or vexing.
▸ adjective:  Like a spine in shape; slender.
▸ noun:  Archaic form of spinny.

Similar:
thorny, bristly, prickly, bristled, barbed, burry, briery, briary, armed, barbellate, more...

Opposite:
smooth, soft, flat, even

Types:
cactus, prickly pear, saguaro, peyote, cardboard, more...

Phrases:
spiny lobster, spiny lobsters, spiny dogfish, spiny anteater, spiny lizard, more...

Adjectives:
more, less, large, densely, first, sparsely, long, dorsal, cirrus, short, anterior

Colors:
    olive,     sage,     khaki,     fern,     forest green, more...



▸ Words similar to Spiny

▸ Usage examples for Spiny

▸ Idioms related to Spiny

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Popular adjectives describing Spiny

▸ Popular nouns described by Spiny

▸ Words that often appear near Spiny

▸ Rhymes of Spiny

▸ Invented words related to Spiny

Similar:
thorny, bristly, prickly, bristled, barbed, burry, briery, briary, armed, barbellate, more...

Opposite:
smooth, soft, flat, even

Types:
cactus, prickly pear, saguaro, peyote, cardboard, more...

Phrases:
spiny lobster, spiny lobsters, spiny dogfish, spiny anteater, spiny lizard, Spiny mouse, spiny anteaters, spiny softshell, spiny rat, spiny rats, spiny oyster, spiny eel, spiny amaranth, spiny ray, spiny finned, more...

Adjectives:
more, less, large, densely, first, sparsely, long, dorsal, cirrus, short, anterior

Colors:
    olive,     sage,     khaki,     fern,     forest green, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.


(Click a button above to see words related to "Spiny" that fit the given meter.)



Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Compound Your Joy