Synonyms for clayey
ˈkleɪ iclayey

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1. clayeyadjective

   Synonyms:
   clayish

2. clayeyadjective

   Resembling or containing clay.

   Synonyms:
   clayish

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1. argillaceous, clayeyadjective

   resembling or containing clay

   "argillaceous rocks"

   Synonyms:
   cloggy, heavy, argillaceous

   Antonyms:
   loose

2. clayey, cloggy, heavyadjective

   (used of soil) compact and fine-grained

   "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"

   Synonyms:
   laboured, sullen, laborious, overweight, toilsome, intemperate, sound, wakeless, dense, grueling, with child(p), threatening, grave, profound, cloggy, heavy(a), large(p), enceinte, grievous, fleshy, weighed down, hard, weighty, impenetrable, gruelling, gravid, expectant, lumbering, ponderous, backbreaking, sonorous, great(p), arduous, operose, heavy, heavy(p), big(a), labored, punishing, argillaceous, big(p), lowering, leaden

   Antonyms:
   loose

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1. clayeyadjective

   Synonyms:
   argillaceous, argillous, argilliferous, luteous, cledgy

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1. List of paraphrases for "clayey":

   clay, clay-rich

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