Synonyms for glassy
- adjective
Most common
smooth transparent glossy crystalline slight glazed gleaming
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of or like glass, especially in being smooth and somewhat reflective.
a resin tabletop with a glassy polish
Related words
- Word family
- glassy-eyed
- Other spellings
- glassie
Example sentences
- smooth Women are like rose petals - smooth and beautiful.
- transparent This transparent liquid contains a kind of poison.
- glossy He covered the cake with a glossy chocolate glaze.
- crystalline This molecule has a crystalline structure.
- slight Tom suffered just a slight injury in the accident.
- glazed She got a cherry glazed donut and a black coffee.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| glassy | steady | |
| smooth | steady | |
| transparent | rising | |
| glossy | rising | |
| crystalline | falling | |
| slight | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- clear1, empty2, shiny2, slick1, sleek1
- 6 letters
- smooth1, slight1, glossy2, glazed1, silken2, limpid
- 7 letters
- shining2, hyaline
- 8 letters
- polished2, slippery3, gleaming2, lustrous2, glabrous, vitreous3, pellucid
- 9 letters
- vitrified, glasslike2
- 11 letters
- transparent3, crystalline3, perspicuous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (empty2 = 2 syllables).