adhesive
Meaning of adhesive
- able to stick fast to a surface or object; sticky.
an adhesive label
- a substance used for sticking objects or materials together; glue.
tile adhesive
late 17th century (in the sense ‘tending to adhere or cling to’): from French adhésif, -ive, from the verb adhérer, from Latin adhaerere ‘stick to’ (see adhere).
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Hyphenation of adhesive
ad-he-sive
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- adhesive is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
adhesive synonyms
Meaning tending or designed to stick to things on contact:
Meaning push a sharp or pointed object into or through (something):
Meaning stick fast to (a surface or substance):
Meaning sticking fast to an object or surface:
Meaning (of a garment) fitting closely to the body and showing its shape:
Meaning (of glue, paint, or other substances) not fully dry and retaining a slightly sticky feel:
Meaning having a sticky consistency:
Meaning having a viscous or sticky consistency:
Meaning covered with gum or glue:
Meaning characterized by or causing cohesion:
Meaning having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid; having a high viscosity:
Meaning having a glutinous or sticky consistency:
Meaning like glue in texture; sticky:
Meaning having a viscous or gelatinous consistency:
Meaning tending to form clots; sticky:
Meaning soft and sticky:
Meaning thick and sticky:
Meaning unpleasantly sticky:
Meaning tending to keep a firm hold of something; clinging or adhering closely:
Meaning an adhesive substance used for sticking objects or materials together:
Meaning a chemical substance used to preserve or stabilize biological material prior to microscopy or other examination:
Meaning glue that is used for sticking paper or other light materials together:
Meaning a paste used as an adhesive, especially for sticking paper:
Meaning a soft glue that hardens on setting:
Meaning the establishment of a relationship or link with someone based on shared feelings, interests, or experiences:
Meaning a cover for holding magazines or loose sheets of paper together:
Meaning a device or substance used to seal something:
Meaning material used for sealing something so as to make it airtight or watertight:
Meaning a very strong quick-setting adhesive, based on cyanoacrylates or similar polymers:
Meaning a viscous secretion or bodily fluid:
Meaning a sticky or adhesive substance; gum or paste:
Translation of adhesive
- Spanish: adhesivo, pegamento
- French: adhésif, colle
- Italian: adesivo, colla
- German: Kleber, Leim, Kleister
- Portuguese: cola
Words that rhyme with adhesive
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