Need another word that means the same as “sticky”? Find 43 synonyms and 30 related words for “sticky” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Sticky” are: muggy, steamy, gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, viscid, viscous, awkward, embarrassing, unenviable, adhesive, adherent, gummed, humid, close, sultry, sweltering, oppressive, airless, stifling, suffocating, sweaty, soupy, like a turkish bath, like a sauna, clammy, glowing, moist, damp, slimy, soggy, dripping, drenched, difficult, tricky, ticklish, problematic, delicate, touch-and-go, sensitive, uncomfortable
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “sticky” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
adherent | Sticking fast. Any adherent sand grains are easily removed. |
adhesive | Tending to adhere. An adhesive label. |
airless | Lacking fresh air. A hot airless night. |
awkward | Hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment. You have put me in a very awkward position. |
clammy | Unpleasantly cool and humid. A clammy handshake. |
close | Close in relevance or relationship. How close are we to town. |
damp | Slightly wet. Clothes damp with perspiration. |
delicate | Exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury. Delicate pastel shades. |
difficult | Needing much effort or skill to accomplish, deal with, or understand. The questions are too difficult for the children. |
drenched | Abundantly covered or supplied with; often used in combination. Drenched in moonlight. |
dripping | Very wet. Dripping wet hair. |
embarrassing | Hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment. An embarrassing muddle. |
glowing | Expressing great praise. Glowing praise. |
gluey | Having a sticky consistency. Gluey brown paste. |
glutinous | Like glue in texture; sticky. Glutinous mud. |
gummed | Covered with gum or glue. Gummed paper. |
gummy | Having a viscous or sticky consistency. A gummy discharge. |
humid | Marked by a relatively high level of water vapour in the atmosphere. Humid weather. |
like a sauna | Equal in amount or value. |
like a turkish bath | Equal in amount or value. |
moist | (of the eyes) wet with tears. The moist fertile soil. |
mucilaginous | (of a plant, seed, etc.) containing a polysaccharide substance that is extracted as a viscous or gelatinous solution and used in medicines and adhesives. Greasy and mucilaginous foods. |
muggy | Hot or warm and humid. Muggy weather. |
oppressive | (of weather) close and sultry. The offices present an oppressive atmosphere. |
pasty | Resembling paste in color; pallid. He looked pasty and red eyed. |
problematic | Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe. The situation was problematic for teachers. |
sensitive | Being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others. Sensitive skin. |
slimy | Repellently smooth and obsequious. Thick slimy mud. |
soggy | Having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking. The chorus sings powerfully but the interpretation is ultimately soggy. |
soupy | Mawkishly sentimental. The soupy air. |
steamy | Filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist. Steamy sex scenes. |
stifling | Characterized by oppressive heat and humidity. The stifling atmosphere. |
suffocating | Causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat. The room was suffocating hot and airless. |
sultry | Characterized by oppressive heat and humidity. The sultry late summer weather had brought swarms of insects. |
sweaty | Exuding, soaked in, or inducing sweat. My feet got so hot and sweaty. |
sweltering | Uncomfortably hot. A sweltering English summer. |
ticklish | (of a situation or problem) difficult or tricky and requiring careful handling. Hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter. |
touch-and-go | Functioning correctly and ready for action. |
tricky | Not to be trusted- James Agee. The radio is tricky to operate. |
uncomfortable | Causing or feeling slight pain or physical discomfort. The uncomfortable truth. |
unenviable | Hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment. An unenviable reputation for drunkenness. |
viscid | Having the sticky properties of an adhesive. The viscid mucus lining of the intestine. |
viscous | Having a relatively high resistance to flow. Viscous lava. |
adhere | Come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation. I do not adhere to any organized religion. |
adherence | The property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition. A strict adherence to etiquette. |
adhesion | Faithful support for a cause or political party or religion. The adhesion of the gum strip to the paper. |
adhesive | Able to stick fast to a surface or object; sticky. Tile adhesive. |
attach | Cause to be attached. I attach a copy of the memo for your information. |
attachment | The act of fastening things together. Attachment to a formal agenda. |
dumpling | A pudding consisting of apple or other fruit enclosed in a sweet dough and baked. He was a 250 pound dumpling. |
epoxy | Glue something using epoxy resin. Epoxy the shards. |
glue | Fasten or join with or as if with glue. What is the glue that holds companies together. |
glutinous | Like glue in texture; sticky. Glutinous mud. |
gum | A gum tree especially a eucalyptus. These trees gum in the Spring. |
lubricant | A substance used for lubricating an engine or component, such as oil or grease. A thin lubricant film. |
mastication | Biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow. |
mucous | Relating to, producing, covered with, or of the nature of mucus. Mucous glands of the intestine. |
mucus | Protective secretion of the mucus membranes in the gut it lubricates the passage of food and protects the epithelial cells in the nose and throat and lungs it can make it difficult for bacteria to penetrate the body through the epithe. |
pertinacity | Persistent determination. |
pitchy | Like or as dark as pitch. |
primer | The first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface. Apply three coats of primer. |
slimy | Morally reprehensible. A slimy cigar puffing political fixer. |
slippery | (of a surface or object) difficult to hold firmly or stand on because it is smooth, wet, or slimy. The word intended is a decidedly slippery one. |
sticker | A determined or persistent person. Warning stickers on the glass. |
tacky | (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch. Tacky varnish. |
tape | Fasten or attach something with adhesive tape. He took along a dozen tapes to record the interview. |
taping | A recording made on magnetic tape. |
tenacity | The quality or fact of continuing to exist; persistence. You have to admire the tenacity of these two guys. |
texture | Give something a rough or uneven texture. Then another melodic line is added to the texture. |
unctuous | Excessively flattering or ingratiating; oily. The unctuous Uriah Heep. |
viscid | Having the sticky properties of an adhesive. The viscid mucus lining of the intestine. |
viscosity | A quantity expressing the magnitude of internal friction in a fluid, as measured by the force per unit area resisting uniform flow. Cooling the fluid raises its viscosity. |
viscous | Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid; having a high viscosity. Viscous lava. |
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