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Synonyms for treacly

  • adjective

Most common

saccharine syrupy mawkish schmaltzy

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Saccharine — consisting of treacle, or cloying, sentimental speech

saccharine, schmaltzy, mawkish, syrupy, cloying, sappy US, soppy UK, sweet, sickly sweet, gooey informal, mushy, icky informal, maudlin, hokey informal US, drippy, kitschy, soupy, slushy, bathetic, oversentimental

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Consisting of treacle, or cloying, sentimental speech.

Related words

Word family
treacliness
Other spellings
treacley

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
treaclyrising
saccharinesteady
syrupyrising
mawkishsteady
schmaltzyrising

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

By length

4 letters
icky
5 letters
sweet1, gooey2, mushy2, sappy, hokey2, soppy2, soupy2
6 letters
syrupy, slushy, drippy
7 letters
maudlin2, cloying2, kitschy, mawkish2
8 letters
bathetic
9 letters
schmaltzy
10 letters
saccharine3
15 letters
oversentimental

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gooey2 = 2 syllables).