What is another word for Echinated?
Pronunciation: [ˈɛt͡ʃɪnˌe͡ɪtɪd] (IPA) 
Echinated is a word that is often used to describe something that is covered in spikes or prickles. However, there are other words that can be used as synonyms for echinated, including spiny, thorny, prickly, barbed, bristled, and spiky. Each of these words has a slightly different connotation, with spiny implying sharpness, thorny indicating the presence of thorns, prickly suggesting discomfort, barbed referencing the hooked nature of the spikes, bristled implying a hairy texture, and spiky simply indicating the presence of spikes. Regardless of the specific synonym used, each conveys the idea of a rough, spiky surface, and can be used to describe anything from a cactus to a sea urchin.
