Word Meanings - STICKY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Having the quality of sticking to a surface; adhesive; gluey; viscous; viscid; glutinous; tenacious. Herbs which last longest are those of strong smell, and with a sticky stalk. Bacon.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of STICKY)

• Viscid
• Glutinous
• ropy
• gelatinous
• sticky
• cohesive

Related words: (words related to STICKY)

• COHESIVE
  1. Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; as, cohesive attraction; producing cohesion; as, a cohesive force. 2. Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of cohering; tending to cohere; as, cohesive clay. Cohesive
• VISCID
  Sticking or adhering, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscous; glutinous; sticky; tenacious; clammy; as, turpentine, tar, gums, etc., are more or less viscid.
• GLUTINOUSNESS
  The quality of being glutinous.
• GLUTINOUS
  Havig a moist and adhesive or sticky surface, as a leaf or gland. (more info) 1. Of the nature of glue; resembling glue; viscous; viscid; adhesive; gluey.
• STICKY
  Having the quality of sticking to a surface; adhesive; gluey; viscous; viscid; glutinous; tenacious. Herbs which last longest are those of strong smell, and with a sticky stalk. Bacon.
• VISCIDITY
  The quality or state of being viscid; also, that which is viscid; glutinous concretion; stickiness.
• GELATINOUS
  Of the nature and consistence of gelatin or the jelly; resembling jelly; viscous.
• SUBGELATINOUS
  Imperfectly or partially gelatinous.