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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stringy |
| Synonyms: | coarse, fibroid, hairy, muscular, pulpy, ropy, sinewy, stalky, threadlike, tissued, veined, wiry, woody |
| Antonyms: | nonfibrous |
| Main Entry: | sticky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gummy, adhesive |
| Synonyms: | agglutinative, clinging, gluey, glutinous, ropy, syrupy, tacky, tenacious, viscid, viscous |
| Antonyms: | dry, smooth, unsticky |
| Main Entry: | stringy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | long, thin |
| Synonyms: | fibrous, gangling, gristly, lank, lanky, muscular, reedy, ropy, sinewy, spindling, spindly, threadlike, tough, wiry |
| Main Entry: | thick |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concentrated, dense |
| Synonyms: | caked, clabbered, close, clotted, coagulated, compact, compressed, concrete, condensed, congealed, consolidated, crowded, curdled, deep, firm, fixed, gelatinous, gloppy, gooey, gummous, gummy, gunky, heavy, impenetrable, impervious, jelled, jellied, opaque, ossified, ropy, set, sloppy, solid, solidified, stiff, syrupy, thickened, turbid, viscid, viscous, vitrified |
| Antonyms: | diluted, loose, thin, watery |
| 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: | threadlike |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | like a thread |
| Synonyms: | capillaceous, capilliform, filamentous, filar, ropy |
| Main Entry: | wiry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thin and strong |
| Synonyms: | agile, athletic, bristly, fibrous, lean, light, limber, muscular, ropy, sinewy, stiff, strapping, stringy, supple, tough |
| Antonyms: | small, tiny |
| Main Entry: | glutinous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | viscous |
| Synonyms: | adhesive, clammy, gelatinous, gluey, gooey, mucilaginous, ropy, slimy, stiff, syrupy, tenacious, thick, tough, viscid, viscose |
| Main Entry: | mucilaginous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | viscous |
| Synonyms: | adhesive, clammy, gelatinous, gluey, glutinous, gooey, ropy, slimy, stiff, syrupy, tenacious, thick, tough*, viscid, viscose |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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