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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | viscous |
| Synonyms: | adhesive, clammy, gelatinous, gluey, glutinous, gooey, mucilaginous, ropy, slimy, stiff*, syrupy, tenacious, thick, tough*, viscose |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | adhesive |
| 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: | gelatinous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | coagulated |
| Synonyms: | gluey, glutinous, gummy, jelled, jellied, jelly-like, mucilaginous, pudding, sticky, thick, viscid, viscous |
| Antonyms: | liquid |
| Main Entry: | juicy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | moist |
| Synonyms: | dank, dewy, dripping, humid, liquid, luscious, lush, mellow, oily, oozy, pulpy, sappy, saturated, sauced, slippery, slushy, soaked, sodden, succulent, syrupy, viscid, watery, wet |
| Antonyms: | dry |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | gummy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sticky |
| Synonyms: | adhesive, cohesive, gluey, mucilaginous, viscid |
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