Synonyms for mealy

Most common

gritty · granular · grainy · coarse-grained · powdery

All synonyms

Adjective

Definitions

1. adj. 1

   Resembling meal (the foodstuff).

   Below the hole the mice made in the woodwork was a pile of mealy sawdust.

Related words

Word family

mealiness

Example sentences

• gritty This novel is praised for its gritty realism.
• granular Sugar is sugar — whether in fruit or granular form.
• grainy The photo was too grainy to identify the driver.

Popularity over time

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

By length

3 letters

wan¹

6 letters

gritty², grainy²

7 letters

powdery³

8 letters

granular³

9 letters

granulose

11 letters

farinaceous

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gritty² = 2 syllables).