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Synonyms for mucilaginous

  • adjective

Most common

sticky gummy viscous viscid mucous ropey albuminous

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Viscid

viscid, sticky, gummy, viscous, glutinous, adhesive, slimy, pasty, gelatinous, gluey, tenacious, stringy, clammy

Other

mucous, mucose US, ropey, albuminous, mucousy informal, glairy dated

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Of or pertaining to mucilage; of, pertaining to, or resembling mucus; slimy and viscous.

Example sentences

  • sticky This sticky tape is no good – it keeps coming off.
  • gummy These sugar-free gummy bears are also laxatives.
  • viscous Condensed milk is more viscous than normal milk.
  • mucous The doctor has taken a swab from the mucous membrane.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
mucilaginousfalling
stickyrising
gummyrising
viscousfalling
viscidfalling
mucousfalling

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

By length

5 letters
slimy2, gummy2, pasty, ropey, gluey
6 letters
sticky2, mucous2, clammy2, viscid, mucose, glairy
7 letters
viscous2, stringy2, mucousy
8 letters
adhesive3
9 letters
tenacious3, glutinous
10 letters
gelatinous4, albuminous

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