| Main Entry: | gooey |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sticky, gummy |
Synonyms: |
adhesive, gluey, glutinous, mucilaginous, soft, tacky, viscous |
Antonyms: |
dry |
| Main Entry: | adhesive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sticking |
Synonyms: |
adherent, adhering, agglutinant, attaching, clinging, clingy, gelatinous, glutinous, gooey, gummed, gummy, holding, hugging, mucilaginous, pasty, resinous, sticky, tenacious, viscid, viscous, waxy |
| Notes: | adhesive is a substance for sticking one thing to another; cohesive refers to particles of the same substance sticking together |
Antonyms: |
inadhesive, loose, open, separated, unattachable |
| Main Entry: | cloying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sickly sweet |
Synonyms: |
cheesy*, cornball, corny*, cutesy, drippy, gooey, honeyed, mushy, over-sentimental, oversweet, saccharine, sappy, sentimental, sugary, syrupy |
| Main Entry: | creamy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | smooth, buttery |
Synonyms: |
creamed, feathery, fluffy, gloppy, gooey, gooky, goopy, greasy, gunky, luscious, lush, milky, oily, rich, soft, velvety |
| Main Entry: | mawkish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sentimental, emotional |
Synonyms: |
bathetic, cloying, feeble, gooey, gushing, gushy, lovey-dovey, maudlin, mushy, nauseating, romantic, sappy*, schmaltzy, sickening, sloppy, tear-jerking, teary |
Antonyms: |
calm, serious, unemotional |
| Main Entry: | pasty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sticky |
Synonyms: |
adhesive, doughy, gelatinous, gluelike, gluey, glutinous, gooey, mucilaginous, starchy |
Antonyms: |
smooth, unsticky |
| Main Entry: | thick |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concentrated, dense |
Synonyms: |
caked, clabbered, close, clotted, coagulated, compact, compressed, concrete, condensed, congealed, consolidated, crowded, curdled, deep, firm, fixed, gelatinous, gloppy, gooey, gummous, gummy, gunky, heavy, impenetrable, impervious, jelled, jellied, opaque, ossified, ropy, set, sloppy, solid, solidified, stiff, syrupy, thickened, turbid, viscid, viscous, vitrified |
Antonyms: |
diluted, loose, thin, watery |
| Main Entry: | viscous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sticky, gummy |
Synonyms: |
adhesive, clammy, gelatinous, gluey, glutinous, gooey, mucilaginous, ropy, slimy, stiff, syrupy, tenacious, thick, tough, viscid |
Antonyms: |
unsticky, watery |
| Main Entry: | glutinous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | viscous |
Synonyms: |
adhesive, clammy, gelatinous, gluey, gooey, mucilaginous, ropy, slimy, stiff, syrupy, tenacious, thick, tough, viscid, viscose |
| Main Entry: | mucilaginous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | viscous |
Synonyms: |
adhesive, clammy, gelatinous, gluey, glutinous, gooey, ropy, slimy, stiff, syrupy, tenacious, thick, tough*, viscid, viscose |