| Main Entry: | fibrous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stringy |
Synonyms: |
coarse, fibroid, hairy, muscular, pulpy, ropy, sinewy, stalky, threadlike, tissued, veined, wiry, woody |
Antonyms: |
nonfibrous |
| Main Entry: | muscular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | powerfully built |
Synonyms: |
Herculean, able-bodied, athletic, brawny, bruising, burly, fibrous, hefty, hulky, husky, lusty, mighty, muscled, powerful, powerhouse, pumped up, ripped, robust, ropy, sinewy, stalwart, stout, strapping, stringy, strong, sturdy, tiger, tough, vigorous, well-built, wiry |
Antonyms: |
delicate, flabby, infirm, skinny, weak |
| Main Entry: | sticky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gummy, adhesive |
Synonyms: |
agglutinative, clinging, gluey, glutinous, ropy, syrupy, tacky, tenacious, viscid, viscous |
Antonyms: |
dry, smooth, unsticky |
| Main Entry: | stringy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | long, thin |
Synonyms: |
fibrous, gangling, gristly, lank, lanky, muscular, reedy, ropy, sinewy, spindling, spindly, threadlike, tough, wiry |
| 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 |
| Notes: | vicious is savage or cruel; viscous is thick or gummy, as a liquid that is hard to pour |
Antonyms: |
unsticky, watery |
| Main Entry: | wiry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thin and strong |
Synonyms: |
agile, athletic, bristly, fibrous, lean, light, limber, muscular, ropy, sinewy, stiff, strapping, stringy, supple, tough |
Antonyms: |
small, tiny |
| Main Entry: | threadlike |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | like a thread |
Synonyms: |
capillaceous, capilliform, filamentous, filar, ropy |
| 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 |