Viscous

/ˈvɪs.kəs/

Synonyms for "viscous" (152 found)

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Closest matches (31)

Adjective(3 words)

adhesive amylaceous broad-bodied bulky bullnecked clabbered clammy close close-knit close-textured close-woven clotted coagulated coarse compact compacted compressed concentrated concrete condensed

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congested consolidated corpulent crammedcrammed fullcrass crowded

Noun(1 words)

blolly

Strong matches (45)

curdled dense doughy fat firm fullfull bodiedfull-bodied gaumy gelatinous glairy gluelike gluey glutenous glutinose glutinous gooey gross grumous gumbo

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gumbolike gumlike gummous gummy hard heavy heavyset impenetrable impermeable inspissatedjam packed

Noun(3 words)

damping relateddemulcent gumming

Adjective(9 words)

dissipative gluey gluier gluiest glutinous gooier gooiest gummiest gummy

Adjective(2 words)

glutinous gooey

Related words (76)

jam-packed jammed jelled jellied jellylike massive mucilaginous nonporous packed pasty ropy semifluid serried slab slabby slimy slithery solid starchy sticky

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stiff stodgy stringy substantial syrupy tacky tenacious thick thick-bodied thick-growing thickened thicksetthree dimensionalthree-dimensional tough tremelloid tremellose viscid viscose

Noun(5 words)

jelloless fluidpine resinputtying thickening

Adjective(10 words)

lentous slabby stiff syrupy thick thickflowing treacly uliginous viscid viscose

Adjective(20 words)

mechanical dampingmetalworking fluidsmucilaginous nonelastic oozy pastier pasty resinous slimier slimiest sluggish stagnant stickier sticky tackier tackiest thickthick liquidsthicker viscid

Verb(2 words)

oozed tarry

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

3 entries

mechanical propertymetaphorphysical property

More specific

7 entries

bureaucratic viscosityeconomic viscositygelatinous glutinousnewtonian viscositynon newtonian viscositysyrupy

Collocations

6 entries

highly viscousviscous dragviscous fluidviscous oilviscous polymerviscous solution

Inflections

2 entries

more viscousmost viscous

Derivations

3 entries

viscosity viscously viscousness

similar

2 entries

adhesive thick

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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Is honey more viscous than skin lotion?

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The liquid was viscous.

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Honey is a sweet, viscous foodstuff.

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Blood is three to four times more viscous than water.

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