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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sticking |
| Synonyms: | adherent, adhering, agglutinant, attaching, clinging, clingy, gelatinous, glutinous, gooey, gummed, gummy, holding, hugging, mucilaginous, pasty, resinous, sticky, tenacious, viscid, viscous, waxy |
| Notes: | adhesive is a substance for sticking one thing to another; cohesive refers to particles of the same substance sticking together |
| Antonyms: | inadhesive, loose, open, separated, unattachable |
| Main Entry: | cement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gluing, binding material |
| Synonyms: | adhesive, binder, birdlime, bond, concrete, epoxy, glue, grout, gum, gunk, lime, lute, mortar, mucilage, mud, paste, plaster, putty, rubber cement, sand, sealant, size, solder, stickum, tar |
| Notes: | cement comes from Latin caementum 'chips of stone'; cement is an ingredient of concrete, but is not a synonym; cement should be pronounced suh-MENT |
| Main Entry: | gooey |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sticky, gummy |
| Synonyms: | adhesive, gluey, glutinous, mucilaginous, soft, tacky, viscous |
| Antonyms: | dry |
| Main Entry: | gum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sticky substance |
| Synonyms: | adhesive, amber, cement, cohesive substance, exudate, glue, mucilage, paste, pitch, plaster, resin, rosin, tar, wax |
| Main Entry: | pasty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sticky |
| Synonyms: | adhesive, doughy, gelatinous, gluelike, gluey, glutinous, gooey, mucilaginous, starchy |
| Antonyms: | smooth, unsticky |
| Main Entry: | plaster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thick, gooey material that hardens |
| Synonyms: | adhesive, binding, cement, coat, dressing, glue, gum, gypsum, lime, mortar, mucilage, paste, plaster of Paris, stucco |
| Main Entry: | tenacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sticky |
| Synonyms: | adhesive, clinging, clingy, fast, firm, fixed, glutinous, gummy, inseparable, mucilaginous, resisting, retentive, secure, set, tacky, tight, viscid, viscose, viscous, waxy |
| Antonyms: | loose, slack, unattached |
| Main Entry: | viscous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sticky, gummy |
| Synonyms: | adhesive, clammy, gelatinous, gluey, glutinous, gooey, mucilaginous, ropy, slimy, stiff, syrupy, tenacious, thick, tough, viscid |
| Notes: | vicious is savage or cruel; viscous is thick or gummy, as a liquid that is hard to pour |
| Antonyms: | unsticky, watery |
| Main Entry: | gummy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sticky |
| Synonyms: | adhesive, cohesive, gluey, mucilaginous, viscid |
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