Soapy

//ˈsoʊpi//

Synonyms for "soapy" (92 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (19)

unctuous adipose adulatory barmy bland blandishing blarneying blubbery buttery butyraceous cajoling chrismal chrismatory complimentary courtierly courtly disarming

Adjective(1 words)

soaplike

Adjective(1 words)

buttery

Strong matches (27)

fair spoken fair-spoken fat fatty fawning fine spoken fine-spoken flattering foam-flecked foamy frothy fulsome glib greasy gushing heady honey-mouthed honey-tongued honeyed ingratiating

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insincere insinuating lardaceous lardy lathery mealymouthed

Adjective(1 words)

fulsome

Related words (46)

mucoid obsequious oily oily-tongued oleaginous oleic rich saponaceous sebaceous sleek slick slimy slippery slobbery smarmy smooth smooth tongued smooth-spoken smooth-tongued smug

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soapsuddy soapsudsy soft spoken soft-soaping soft-spoken spumose spumous spumy suave suave-spoken suddy sudsy suety sycophantic tallowy unguent unguentary unguentous wheedling yeasty

Adjective(5 words)

oily oleaginous saponaceous smarmy unctuous

Adjective(1 words)

soaped up

Related word relations

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6 relation types

Synonyms

2 entries

saponaceous unctuous

coordinate

1 entries

oily

derived

2 entries

soapily soapiness

derived from

1 entries

soap

related to

2 entries

soap soap opera

similar

1 entries

insincere

Translations

37 translations across 15 languages.

Bulgarian

2 entries

сапунен adj (resembling soap)
сапунисан adj (covered in soap)

Catalan

2 entries

ensabonat adj (covered in soap)
sabonós adj (resembling soap)

German

3 entries

seifenartig adj (resembling soap)
seifig adj (resembling soap)
seifig adj (full of soap)

Hungarian

3 entries

szappanos adj (full of soap)
szappanos adj (covered in soap)
szappanszerű adj (resembling soap)

Ingrian

2 entries

muilakas adj (full of soap)
muilakas adj (covered in soap)

Kyrgyz

3 entries

самындуу adj (resembling soap)
самындуу adj (full of soap)
самындуу adj (covered in soap)

Latvian

1 entries

ziepjains adj (covered in soap)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

seepich adj (full of soap)

Polish

1 entries

mydlany adj (full of soap)

Russian

4 entries

мы́льный adj (resembling soap)
мы́льный adj (full of soap)
мы́льный adj (covered in soap)
намы́ленный adj (covered in soap)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

siabannach adj (resembling soap)
siabannach adj (full of soap)
siabannach adj (covered in soap)

Slovak

1 entries

mydlový adj (full of soap)

Spanish

4 entries

enjabonado adj (covered in soap)
folletinesco adj (resembling a soap opera)
jabonoso adj (full of soap)
saponáceo adj (resembling soap)

Turkish

3 entries

sabunlu adj (resembling soap)
sabunlu adj (full of soap)
sabunlu adj (covered in soap)

Welsh

4 entries

sebonllyd adj (resembling soap)
sebonllyd adj (full of soap)
sebonllyd adj (covered in soap)
sebonllyd adj (resembling a soap opera)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Wash the shirt in soapy water and the stains will come out.

Source: tatoeba (50334)

Don't touch me with your soapy hands.

Source: tatoeba (51322)

Tom washed the lenses of his glasses with warm, soapy water and dried them on a cloth.

Source: tatoeba (3543832)

A nurse came and gave me bread and coffee, but the bread was dry and the coffee tasted soapy.

Source: tatoeba (5264596)

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