mucilaginous

1. 1.

   having the sticky properties of an adhesive

   Synonymsglueyglutinousgummypastystickyviscidviscous

   Similaradhesive

Questions about mucilaginous

What does mucilaginous mean?

mucilaginous means "having the sticky properties of an adhesive".

How many syllables are in mucilaginous?

mucilaginous has 5 syllables: mu-ci-la-gi-nous. The stress falls on "la".

What is another word for mucilaginous?

Close synonyms include gluey, glutinous, gummy, pasty, sticky. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mucilaginous a common word?

mucilaginous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.