trenchant

trenchant is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp.
2. transitive verb. Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit.
3. adjective. clearly or sharply defined to the mind

   "clear-cut evidence of tampering"

   "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest"

   Synonyms: distinct

4. adjective. characterized by or full of force and vigor

   "a hard-hitting expose"

   "a trenchant argument"

5. adjective. having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect

   "searching insights"

   "trenchant criticism"

   Synonyms: searching

Synonyms

distinct, searching

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in trenchant:

centranth

Common word forms

trenchantly, trenchantness

Words from these letters

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