Peakedness is a term used to describe the degree to which a distribution curve is concentrated in the center compared to its tails. It is commonly referred to as "sharpness" or "peakiness". Other synonyms include "kurtosis", "leptokurtic", "pointedness", "acute-angled", "steepness", and "spikiness". These words can be used interchangeably depending on the context of the discussion. For instance, "leptokurtic" is frequently used in statistics to describe the sharpness of a distribution curve, while "spikiness" and "pointedness" are often used to describe objects with sharp ends or a distinctive shape. Regardless of the synonym used, they all refer to the same concept of the degree of concentration in the center of a distribution curve.