Synonyms for spiny
ˈspaɪ nispiny

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1. spinous, spinyadjective

   having spines

   "the dorsal fin is spinous"

   Synonyms:
   bristly, barbellate, acanthoid, thorny, barbed, briery, setaceous, prickly, briary, spinous, acanthous, setose, burred, burry, bristled

   Antonyms:
   unarmed

2. barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thornyadjective

   having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

   "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"

   Synonyms:
   briary, nipping, prickly, barbed, setose, waspish, mordacious, pungent, burred, spinous, bristly, barbellate, setaceous, briery, thorny, burry, biting, splenetic, bristled

   Antonyms:
   unarmed

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1. spinyadjective

   Synonyms:
   thorny, spinose, spinous, briery

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1. List of paraphrases for "spiny":

   thorny

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1. Susie Bartlett:

   We got poked and scratched by spiny branches when crawling through to access the animals.