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Synonyms for adhesive

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adhering, adherent, sticking, sticky, glutinous, resinous, gummy, viscid, viscous, gluey, gelatinous, waxy, gummed, pasty, clinging, agglutinant, tenacious, hugging, conformable, sticking fast, tending to adhere, emplastic, mucilaginous.

Antonyms loose*, inadhesive, slippery.

noun

Varieties include: paste, glue, mucilage, cement, epoxy, cyanoacrylate, rubber cement, library paste, gluten, Scotch tape (trademark), adhesive tape, masking tape, draftsman's tape, duct tape.

See adhesive in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

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