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Synonyms for Sticky
ˈstɪk istick·y

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  1. sticky

    Adhesive is the scientific, sticking or sticky the popular word. That which is adhesive tends to join itself to the surface of any other body with which it is placed in contact; cohesive expresses the tendency of particles of the same substance to hold together. Polished plate glass is not adhesive, but such plates packed together are intensely cohesive. An adhesive plaster is in popular language a sticking-plaster. Sticky expresses a more limited, and generally annoying, degree of the same quality. Glutinous, gummy, viscid, and viscous are applied to fluid or semi-fluid substances, as pitch or tar.

    Synonyms:
    adhesive, cohesive, glutinous, gummy, sticking, viscid, viscous

    Antonyms:
    free, inadhesive, loose, separable

    Preposition:
    The stiff, wet clay, adhesive to the foot, impeded progress.

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  1. gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid, viscousadjective

    having the sticky properties of an adhesive

    Synonyms:
    embarrassing, viscous, gummed, mucilaginous, sticky, steamy, syrupy, gummy, muggy, gluey, viscid, pasty, glutinous, unenviable, pastelike, awkward

    Antonyms:
    dry, nonadhesive, easy

  2. stickyadjective

    moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body

    "felt sticky and chilly at the same time"

    Synonyms:
    embarrassing, viscous, awkward, mucilaginous, steamy, gummy, muggy, gluey, viscid, pasty, glutinous, unenviable

    Antonyms:
    dry, nonadhesive, easy

  3. muggy, steamy, stickyadjective

    hot or warm and humid

    "muggy weather"; "the steamy tropics"; "sticky weather"

    Synonyms:
    viscid, unenviable, gummy, horny, ruttish, glutinous, mucilaginous, viscous, muggy, steaming, aroused, pasty, turned on(p), randy, embarrassing, awkward, gluey, steamy, sticky

    Antonyms:
    dry, nonadhesive, easy

  4. awkward, embarrassing, sticky, unenviableadjective

    hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment

    "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign"

    Synonyms:
    mortifying, unenviable, ungainly, ill-chosen, clumsy, inapt, glutinous, mucilaginous, viscous, awkward, bunglesome, muggy, cumbersome, viscid, inept, embarrassing, gummy, ill at ease(p), gluey, pasty, uneasy, steamy, sticky

    Antonyms:
    easy, nonadhesive, dry

  5. stickyadjective

    covered with an adhesive material

    Synonyms:
    embarrassing, viscous, awkward, mucilaginous, steamy, gummy, muggy, gluey, viscid, pasty, glutinous, unenviable

    Antonyms:
    easy, dry, nonadhesive

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. stickyadjective

    Synonyms:
    adhesive, glutinous, viscous, viscid, tenacious, gluey

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  1. stickyadjective

    Synonyms:
    adhesive, viscous, viscid, mucilaginous, glutinous, clammy, tenacious

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  1. List of known nicknames for "Sticky":

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#7237randy
#8323sticker
#9246sticky
#9645persistent
#10643adhesive
#14909sticking
#17452awkward
#19258embarrassing
#27357cohesive
#27419cumbersome
#27699uneasy
#28776clumsy
#28877aroused
#30970steaming
#32670viscous
#35414steamy
#38672tacky
#41493inept
#48820slimy
#49780gooey
#55158gummy
#61729pasty
#64406onthe
#102507gummed
#106749syrupy
#111317muggy
#116018unenviable
#119592clingy
#121797ungainly
#135252glutinous
#178788mortifying
#264062viscid
#287299mucilaginous
#291589inapt
#320960gluey

How to use Sticky in a sentence?

  1. Ghislaine Maxwell:

    Jenna, maxwell suggested that Virginia meet [Epstein] to apply for the job. Virginia was skeptical, pointing out that she didn’t have the proper training. But Maxwell assured her that she could learn on the job, noting that it looked as if Virginia was serious about her vocation—based on all the sticky notes she could see poking out of the anatomy book in her hands. She gave Virginia her address and phone number. ‘Why don’t you come by after work?’ Maxwell left, with a cheery, almost motherly goodbye.

  2. Kathleen Willis:

    The attorney general will have to look at these resolutions and determine whether the counties can implement them, i think this puts our law enforcement in a sticky situation.

  3. Chua Kee Lock:

    This partnership with Toyota will keep Grab's platform 'sticky' and give drivers less incentive to switch to competitors, this is Grab's edge over the long-run.

  4. Blake Snell:

    They’re not going to find sticky stuff on me, they’re just going to find sweat. If they want to touch that, they’re more than welcome to.

  5. Alex Zukin:

    The revenue stream for Microsoft is extremely sticky.


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