Synonyms for glue
- verb
- noun
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Stick — to cause something to adhere closely to; to cause to follow attentively
stick, stick together, attach, bond, adhere, cling, agglutinate, bind, cleave, cohere formal, conglutinate
Other
Noun
1. Adhesive — A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive…
Definitions
- v. 1
To cause something to adhere closely to; to cause to follow attentively.
His eyes were glued to the screen.
- n. 1
A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.
Near-synonyms: adhesive, cement
- n. 2
Anything that binds two things or people together.
Related words
- Word family
- glueball gluelike gluey
- Phrases
- glue trap hot glue gun bee glue flesh glue glue board glue cell glue gun glue strip
Example sentences
- bond We must complete the bond by the end of this year.
- attach You need to attach a white garter belt underneath.
- adhere I have my own set of values that I must adhere to.
- paste I read about almond paste containing carcinogens.
By length
- 3 letters
- gum1
- 4 letters
- bond1, bind1
- 5 letters
- stick1, paste1, cling1
- 6 letters
- cement2, attach2, adhere2, cleave1, cohere2
- 7 letters
- sticker2
- 8 letters
- adhesive3, mucilage
- 11 letters
- agglutinate4
- 12 letters
- conglutinate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cement2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- coller
- Italiano
- appiccicare
- Español
- pegar
- Deutsch
- kleben
- Català
- adherir