Greasy

/ˈɡɹi.si/

Synonyms for "greasy" (61 found)

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Closest matches (13)

Adjective(4 words)

oily corrupt dishonest fattiest

adipose blubbery buttery butyraceous chrismal chrismatory diner fat fatty

Strong matches (18)

fawning glib greased lardaceous lardy lubric lubricated lubricious mucoid oiled oily oleaginous

Adjective(4 words)

french huilegreasier oilier oiliest

Noun(2 words)

fried fishoilfish

Related words (30)

Adjective(6 words)

oleaginous scrimy sebaceous slick unethical unscrupulous

oleic ratty rich sebaceous sleek slick sliddery slipper slippery slippy slithery smarmy smooth soaped soapy suety sycophantic tallowy toadying unctuous

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unguent unguentary unguentous waxy

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

4 entries

moral qualitypersonality traitproperty quality

More specific

6 entries

corrupt practicesdeceptive conductgreasy foodgreasy hairgreasy skinundisclosed influence

Collocations

6 entries

greasy filmgreasy fingersgreasy hairgreasy residuegreasy spoongreasy surface

Inflections

2 entries

greasier greasiest

Derivations

2 entries

greasily greasiness

similar

5 entries

dirty fat fatty soiled unclean

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

What is that greasy stuff on your shirt?

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I have greasy skin.

Source: tatoeba (282663)

My hair is greasy.

Source: tatoeba (282707)

His sleeve touched the greasy pan.

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