| 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 |