'adhesive' definitions:
Definition of 'adhesive'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Tending to adhere [ant: nonadhesive]
noun
A substance that unites or bonds surfaces together [syn: adhesive material, adhesive agent, adhesive]
Synonyms of 'adhesive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adherent,
- affixation,
- amylaceous,
- annexation,
- attachment,
- barnacle,
- binding,
- birdlime,
- bond,
- bramble,
- brier,
- bulldog,
- bulldogged,
- bulldoggish,
- bulldoggy,
- bullheaded,
- burr,
- cement,
- clabbered,
- clammy,
- clasping,
- clingy,
- clotted,
- coagulated,
- curdled,
- decal,
- decalcomania,
- doughy,
- fastener,
- fastening,
- fish glue,
- gaumy,
- gelatinous,
- girding,
- glairy,
- glue,
- gluelike,
- gluey,
- gluten,
- glutenous,
- glutinose,
- glutinous,
- gooey,
- grumous,
- gum,
- gumbo,
- gumbolike,
- gumlike,
- gummous,
- gummy,
- gunk,
- heavy,
- hooking,
- inspissated,
- jelled,
- jellied,
- jellylike,
- knot,
- lashing,
- leech,
- library paste,
- ligation,
- lime,
- limpet,
- lute,
- mastic,
- molasses,
- mucilage,
- mucilaginous,
- obstinate,
- paste,
- pasty,
- persistent,
- plaster,
- prickle,
- putty,
- remora,
- ropy,
- rubber cement,
- sealing wax,
- self-adhesive,
- size,
- slabby,
- slimy,
- slithery,
- solder,
- splice,
- starchy,
- stickable,
- sticker,
- sticking,
- sticky,
- stodgy,
- stringy,
- stubborn,
- syrup,
- syrupy,
- tacky,
- tenacious,
- thick,
- thickened,
- thorn,
- tieing,
- tough,
- tremelloid,
- tremellose,
- viscid,
- viscose,
- viscous,
- wafer,
- zipping