Gluey

Synonyms for "gluey" (114 found)

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Closest matches (23)

Adjective(4 words)

Noun(4 words)

adh...adhesive nailsbinding effectclinging

adherent adhesive amylaceous bulldogged bulldoggish bulldoggy bullheaded clabbered clammy clingy close close-knit close-textured close-woven clotted

Strong matches (34)

coagulated compact compacted compressed concentrated concrete condensed congested consolidated crammedcrammed fullcrowded curdled dense doughy firm gaumy gelatinous glairy glowing

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gluelike glutenous glutinose glutinous gooey grumous gumbo gumbolike gumlike gummous

Adjective(2 words)

cohesive glutinous

Verb(2 words)

form a binding agreementgummed

Related words (57)

gummy hard heavy impenetrable impermeable inspissatedjam packedjam-packed jammed jelled jellied jellylike massive mucilaginous nonporous obstinate packed pasty persistent ropy

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self-adhesive serried slabby slimy slithery solid starchy stickable sticky stodgy stringy stubborn substantial syrupy tacky tenacious thick thick-growing thickened thickset tough tremelloid tremellose viscid viscose viscous

Adjective(8 words)

gummy mucilaginous pasty stickier stickiest tackiest tacky viscid

Noun(3 words)

mastic pasting sticking

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

4 entries

figurative termmetaphorical descriptorphysical propertyproperty

More specific

5 entries

adhesivebonding forcecohesion tacky viscous

Collocations

6 entries

gluey filmgluey materialgluey residuegluey solutiongluey surfacegluey texture

Inflections

2 entries

glueier glueiest

Derivations

1 entries

glueiness

similar

1 entries

adhesive

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The daily diet consisted of a slice of black, gluey bread with tea and one watery soup with a few frozen cabbage leaves in it.

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