🔄 Synonyms of "Adhesive"
25 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| tenacious | Unwilling to yield or give up; dogged. |
| tarryverb | (intransitive) To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything. |
| viscid | Sticky, slimy, or glutinous. |
| viscous | Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid (that is, a high viscosity). |
| cohesivenoun | Having cohesion. |
| coherent | Orderly, logical and consistent. |
| adherentnoun | A person who has membership in some group, association, or religion. |
| pastynoun | A type of seasoned meat and vegetable hand pie, usually of a semicircular shape. |
| agglutinateverb | (transitive) To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances. |
| mucilaginous | Of or pertaining to mucilage; of, pertaining to, or resembling mucus; slimy and viscous. |
| stickynoun | Tending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance. |
| gooey | Soft, sticky and viscous. |
| glutinous | Glue-like, sticky, viscid. |
| gummynoun | Resembling gum (the substance). |
| pitchy | Very dark black; pitch-black. |
| icky | (informal) Unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting. |
| agglutinativenoun | (grammar) Having words derived by combining parts, each with a separate meaning. |
| gluey | Viscous and adhesive, as glue. |
| resinous | Of or relating to resin. |
| gummed | treated with adhesive gum |
| self-sealing | Describing a container that is capable of automatically closing off leaks that form in it. |
| bondable | able to form bonds |
| stick-on | Fastened by means of sticking. |
| resiny | Like resin; resinous. |
| adhesive materialnoun | a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together |
↔️ Antonyms of "Adhesive"
Words with the opposite meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| nonadhesive | not adhesive |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Adhesive"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| agglutinativenoun | (grammar) Having words derived by combining parts, each with a separate meaning. |
| glueynoun | Viscous and adhesive, as glue. |
| glutinous | Glue-like, sticky, viscid. |
| viscidnoun | Sticky, slimy, or glutinous. |
| viscous | Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid (that is, a high viscosity). |
| pastynoun | A type of seasoned meat and vegetable hand pie, usually of a semicircular shape. |
| agglutinateverb | (transitive) To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances. |
| gooeynoun | Soft, sticky and viscous. |
| stickynoun | Tending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance. |
| mucilaginous | Of or pertaining to mucilage; of, pertaining to, or resembling mucus; slimy and viscous. |
| adherentnoun | A person who has membership in some group, association, or religion. |
| stick-on | Fastened by means of sticking. |
| pitchy | Very dark black; pitch-black. |
| self-sealing | Describing a container that is capable of automatically closing off leaks that form in it. |
| bondable | able to form bonds |
| tarryverb | (intransitive) To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything. |
| gummynoun | Resembling gum (the substance). |
| coherent | Orderly, logical and consistent. |
| cohesivenoun | Having cohesion. |
| tenacious | Unwilling to yield or give up; dogged. |
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