Synonyms for slime

Most common

mud · sludge · muck · ooze · bitumen · flubber

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive; bitumen; mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing.

Related words

Word family

slimebag slimehead slimehole slimish slimy

Phrases

slime eel pink slime slime bacteria slime flux slime mold

Forms

Plural

slimes → sludges, oozes, goos, mucks…

Example sentences

• mud Vladimir was shoveling the mud into a wheelbarrow.
• sludge Ziri mashed the medlars into a delicious brown sludge.
• muck Tom can't afford to employ anyone; the family has to muck in.
• ooze After a while, passion and infatuation ooze away.
• bitumen I loathe these times like bitumen.

Popularity over time

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

By length

3 letters

mud¹, goo¹

4 letters

scum¹, muck¹, ooze¹, mire¹, goop¹, gunk, gook¹, guck¹

5 letters

gloop, gunge

6 letters

sludge¹

7 letters

bitumen³, flubber

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bitumen³ = 3 syllables).