Grainy

/ˈɡɹeɪni/

Synonyms for "grainy" (89 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (18)

Adjective(6 words)

granular gritty coarsecoarse detailscoarse-grained farinaceous

arenaceous arenarious breccial brecciated broken bumpy choppy coarse coarse-grained corrugatedcross grainedcross-grained

Strong matches (27)

Adjective(8 words)

fine-grainedgrained woodgrainier grainiest granulose grumous mealy noisy

grained granular granulate granulated gravelly gritty gross homespun horripilant inequal irregular jolty linsey-woolsey lumpy pebbled pebbly pimply

Noun(2 words)

grainingmost textural

Related words (44)

pitted pocky potholed rank ripply rough rough-cast rough-grained rough-hewn roughcast roughhewn ruffled rutted rutty sabulous sandy shagged shaggy shingled shingly

Show 9 more words

textured uneven unkempt unlevel unpolished unrefined unsmooth ununiform wimpled

Verb(1 words)

riced

Adjective(12 words)

sand-richsandy danish jordsandy groundsandy soilsandy texturesandy topsoilspeckled texturaltextural classtextured finishunclear termswartlike

Noun(2 words)

textural qualitywoodgrain finish

Related word relations

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

6 relation types

More general

4 entries

recording qualitysurface propertytexturevisual artifact

More specific

6 entries

grainy MRIgrainy imagegrainy photographgrainy videogranular texturegritty surface

Collocations

5 entries

grainy datagrainy filmgrainy imagegrainy texturegrainy video

Inflections

2 entries

grainier grainiest

Derivations

4 entries

grain grained grainily graininess

similar

2 entries

coarse harsh

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The grainy texture of these mashed potatoes is deeply unpleasant.

Source: tatoeba (3700223)

The video is grainy.

Source: tatoeba (10159629)

The photo was too grainy to identify the driver.

Source: tatoeba (11616010)

The world was watching, July 20, 1969, as a grainy black and white TV image showed American astronaut Neil Armstrong step onto the moon's surface and plant a U.S. flag.

Source: tatoeba (11813262)

Showing 4 of 6 available sentences.

More for "grainy"

Meaning

Keep exploring

Read the definition Browse writing guides Read the blog