Synonyms for soapy
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Unctuous
unctuous, oily, insincere, smarmy, buttery, fulsome, obsequious, oleaginous, sycophantic, sucky, greasy, ingratiating, fawning
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Literal senses: Resembling soap.
Bases dissolve skin oils and have a soapy feel to them.
Example sentences
- oily If the screw is oily or greasy, it will work loose.
- sucky Sami asked Layla to give him a sucky suck.
- smarmy Her smarmy remark left a bad taste in my mouth.
- unctuous They resented how his unctuous flattery tended to obtrude into serious meetings.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| soapy | rising | |
| oily | steady | |
| sucky | steady | |
| smarmy | rising | |
| unctuous | rising | |
| saponaceous | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- oily2
- 5 letters
- sucky
- 6 letters
- greasy2, smarmy2
- 7 letters
- buttery3, fawning2, fulsome2
- 8 letters
- unctuous2, soaplike
- 9 letters
- insincere3
- 10 letters
- obsequious4, oleaginous5
- 11 letters
- sycophantic4, saponaceous
- 12 letters
- ingratiating5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (oily2 = 2 syllables).