Adjective has 4 senses

• knifelike(s = adj.all) - cutting or able to cut as if with a knife;


• knifelike(s = adj.all) acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp - having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "frequent penetrative observations"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "incisive comments"; "penetrating insight"


• knifelike(s = adj.all) cutting, keen, lancinate, lancinating, piercing, stabbing - painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "a stabbing pain"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "lancinating pain"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "piercing knifelike pains"


• knifelike(s = adj.all) - having a sharp or distinct edge; "a narrow knifelike profile"