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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | 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: | gooey |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sticky, gummy |
| Synonyms: | adhesive, gluey, glutinous, mucilaginous, soft, tacky, viscous |
| Antonyms: | dry |
| Main Entry: | liquid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fluid, flowing, melting |
| Synonyms: | aqueous, damp, deliquescent, dissolvable, dissolved, dulcet, fluent, fluidic, fusible, ichorous, juicy, liquefied, liquescent, liquiform, luscious, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellow, meltable, melted, moist, molten, moving, pulpy, running, runny, sappy, serous, smooth, soft, solvent, splashing, succulent, thawed, thin, uncongealed, viscous, watery, wet |
| Notes: | fluids include liquids and gases; a liquid is a fluid with a fixed volume, and a gas is a fluid that can expand indefinitely liquid is a substance that flows and takes on the form of its container; a fluid - substance with no fixed shape and yields easily to external pressure - can be a liquid but it can also be a gas |
| Antonyms: | close, condensed, dense, firm, hard, solid |
| Main Entry: | slimy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | oozy, gooey |
| Synonyms: | clammy, glutinous, miry, mucky, mucous, muculent, muddy, scummy, viscous, yukky |
| 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: | clinging |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adhesive |
| Synonyms: | adherent, agglutinant, coherent, osculant, persistent, tenacious, viscid, viscous |
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