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Synonyms for slimy

  • adjective

Most common

sticky viscous gelatinous glutinous filthy scummy oozy ropey

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Glutinous — resembling, of the nature of, covered or daubed with, or abounding in slime

glutinous, gelatinous, viscous, sticky, gummy, clammy, mucous, mucose US, viscid, mucilaginous, slabby, gluey, pasty, tenacious, adhesive

2. Scummy — filthy; disgusting; unclean

scummy, vile, filthy, despicable, ugly, wretched, worthless, unworthy, sordid, contemptible, reprehensible, lousy, scandalous, abject, woeful, scurvy

3. Slippery — friendly in a false, calculating way; underhanded; two-faced; sneaky; slick; smarmy

slippery, sleazy, conniving, lubricous

4. Oozy

oozy, unctuous, muddy, sycophantic, obsequious

Other

ropey

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Resembling, of the nature of, covered or daubed with, or abounding in slime.

    The frog's body was all slimy.

  2. adj. 2

    Friendly in a false, calculating way; underhanded; two-faced; sneaky; slick; smarmy.

  3. adj. 3

    Filthy; disgusting; unclean.

  4. adj. 4

    Of or pertaining to slime.

Related words

Word family
sliminess
Other spellings
slimey

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.
  • filthy Every seat was so filthy, I stood the whole way.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
slimyrising
stickyrising
viscousfalling
gelatinousfalling
glutinoussteady
filthyrising

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

By length

4 letters
ugly2, vile1, oozy
5 letters
muddy2, lousy2, gummy2, pasty, ropey, gluey
6 letters
sticky2, filthy2, sordid2, abject2, sleazy2, mucous2, woeful2, scurvy, clammy2, scummy, viscid, slabby, mucose
7 letters
viscous2
8 letters
slippery3, adhesive3, wretched2, unworthy3, unctuous2
9 letters
worthless2, tenacious3, conniving3, glutinous, lubricous
10 letters
despicable4, scandalous3, gelatinous4, obsequious4
11 letters
sycophantic4
12 letters
contemptible4, mucilaginous
13 letters
reprehensible5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ugly2 = 2 syllables).