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Synonyms for gummy

  • adjective

Most common

sticky viscous glutinous gluey gummed gumlike

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Sticky — resembling gum (the substance)

sticky, gluey, glutinous, gooey informal, viscous, gelatinous, adhesive, slimy, tacky, pasty, clammy, viscid, mucilaginous, tenacious

Other

gummed, gumlike, ropey

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Resembling gum (the substance).

Related words

Word family
gumminess
Phrases
gummy up

Choose the right word

Gummy, Glutinous, 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.
  • glutinous Glutinous rice is more common in Asian dishes.
  • gummed Dust in the gears gummed up the machine.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
gummyrising
stickyrising
viscousfalling
glutinoussteady
glueyrising
gummedfalling

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

By length

5 letters
tacky2, slimy2, gooey2, pasty, ropey, gluey
6 letters
sticky2, clammy2, gummed1, viscid
7 letters
viscous2, gumlike
8 letters
adhesive3
9 letters
tenacious3, glutinous
10 letters
gelatinous4
12 letters
mucilaginous

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tacky2 = 2 syllables).