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Synonyms for glutinous

  • adjective

Most common

sticky viscous gluey viscid ropey glutinaceous

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Sticky

sticky, viscous, gluey, viscid, slimy, gummy, adhesive, thick, stringy, pasty, clammy, tenacious, mucilaginous, slabby, gelatinous

Other

ropey, glutinaceous

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Glue-like, sticky, viscid.

Related words

Word family
glutinousness
Phrases
glutinous rice fermented glutinous rice
Other spellings
glutenous glutinose

Choose the right word

Glutinous, Gummy, Viscid or Viscous?

Glutinous, gummy, viscid, and viscous are applied to fluid or semi-fluid substances, as pitch or tar.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • sticky This sticky tape is no good – it keeps coming off.
  • viscous Condensed milk is more viscous than normal milk.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
glutinoussteady
stickyrising
viscousfalling
glueyrising
viscidfalling
ropeyrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
thick1, slimy2, gummy2, pasty, ropey, gluey
6 letters
sticky2, clammy2, viscid, slabby
7 letters
viscous2, stringy2
8 letters
adhesive3
9 letters
tenacious3
10 letters
gelatinous4
12 letters
mucilaginous, glutinaceous

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (slimy2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
glutineux
Italiano
glutinoso
Español
glutinoso
Deutsch
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