Thesaurus:viscous

Thesaurus

viscous

English

Adjective

Sense: having a thick, sticky consistency

Synonyms

• lentous
• glutinous
• gooey
• slabby
• stiff    [⇒ thesaurus]
• syrupy
• thick
• thickflowing
• treacly
• viscid
• viscose
• viscous

Antonyms

• runny    [⇒ thesaurus]
• fluid

Hyponyms

•   —
• albuminous
• glairy
• limous
• lubricous
• mucid
• mucilaginous
• muculent
• mucous
• mucousy
• pituitous
• resinous    [⇒ thesaurus]
• ropy
• slimish
• slimy
• slobbery
• sludgy
• spittly
• uliginous

Hypernyms

• adhesive    [⇒ thesaurus]
• fluidic    [⇒ thesaurus]
• semifluid
• semiliquid

See also

• Thesaurus:unctuous
• Thesaurus:gelatinous

Further reading

• “352. semiliquidity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “viscous” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.