SPIKELIKE Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

spikelike

adjective

Definition of spikelike

as in spiky

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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

Despite its two-hour-52-minute run time, its pace is absorbing, particularly after the jagged editing of the first hour.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 27 July 2026
Swaths of land left uncontrolled grew into carpets of invasive buffelgrass nearly right up to the jagged edge between the mountain and the sky.

— Angus Chen, STAT, 22 July 2026

Definition of jagged

Adjective

These prickly hairs are for protection, with barbed ends that easily penetrate the skin of predators or your hand.

— Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
The confrontation between father and daughter, in which Taylor-Joy unloads Lucky’s resentments about growing up in the life, is one of the season’s most barbed moments.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 July 2026

Definition of barbed

Adjective

After that, another sprawling heat dome spiked temperatures to 115 degrees in Montana, breaking yet more records.

— Ben Noll, Washington Post, 24 July 2026
In fact, this recipe has the meatballs gently spiced with a dash of cumin and cinnamon, then tossed with a pepperoncini-spiked tomato sauce.

— Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 8 July 2026

Definition of spiked

Adjective

When hunting species like sunfish, orcas typically rely on a three-pronged strategy.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026
This multi-pronged expansion includes the Sqale platform at the Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park and a new downtown innovation center, signaling a shift from research to early commercial deployment.

— Karl Freund, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

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