Synonyms for Adhesive

Synonyms for "adhesive" (172 found)

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Closest matches (35)

adherent affixation amylaceous annexation attachment barnacle binding birdlime bond bramble briar brier bulldog bulldogged bulldoggish bulldoggy bullheaded burr

Adjective(2 words)

adherent agglutinative

Noun(13 words)

adheringadhesive agentadhesive materialadhesiveness affixing binder binders bindingbinding agentbinding effectbonded with gluebondingbonding strap

Verb(1 words)

apply liquid

Adjective(1 words)

bitumastic

Strong matches (51)

cement clabbered clammy clasping clingy clotted coagulated curdled decal decalcomania doughy fastener fasteningfish gluegaumy gelatinous girding glairy glowing glue

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gluelike gluey gluten glutenous glutinose glutinous gooey grumous gum gumbo gumbolike gumlike

Noun(11 words)

cement cementing cleaving clinging clingstone dextrinearth bindingglue gluing glutinous goma

Adjective(4 words)

claggy clidgy clingsome clingy

Verb(2 words)

form a binding agreementgummed

Adjective(2 words)

gluier gluiest

Related words (86)

Noun(9 words)

gumming paste pastes pasting stickiness sticktight sticky tackiness tacky

gummous gummy gunk heavy hooking inspissated jelled jellied jellylike knot laminate lashing leechlibrary pasteligation lime limpet lute mastic molasses

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Adjective(6 words)

high stictionstickier stickiest tackier tackiest tractive

Adjective(4 words)

puggy stickable sticky tenacious

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

7 entries

binding agentcharacteristic materialphysical propertyproperty stuff substance

More specific

8 entries

PVA adhesiveepoxyepoxy adhesivelatex siliconesilicone adhesivestickiness tackiness

Collocations

9 entries

adhesive bondadhesive interfaceadhesive layeradhesive residueadhesive strengthadhesive tapehot melt adhesivepressure sensitive adhesivewater based adhesive

Inflections

3 entries

adhesivesmore adhesivemost adhesive

Derivations

2 entries

adhesively adhesiveness

Antonyms

1 entries

nonadhesive

similar

25 entries

adherent agglutinate agglutinative bondable coherent cohesive gluey glutinous gooey gum-like gummed gummy icky mucilaginous pasty pitchy

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Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He is adhesive to the cause.

Source: tatoeba (290975)

Scotch brand is a type of adhesive tape.

Source: tatoeba (2742209)

She secured the edges of her crafts with her trusty adhesive tape.

Source: tatoeba (8246511)

Unlike Virginia creeper, woodbine cannot climb smooth walls because its tendrils lack adhesive discs.

Source: tatoeba (8900857)

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Adhesive