Synonyms for oily
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Rich with oil
oleaginous, fatty, greasy, buttery, oil-soaked, rich, adipose,
pinguid, lardy, bland, soapy, soothing, creamy, oil-bearing,
oil-rich, saponaceous, petroliferous.
Antonyms dry*, dried, gritty.
Having a surface suggestive of oil
oiled, waxy, sleek, slippery, smooth, polished, lustrous,
bright, brilliant, gleaming, glistening, shining, smeary;
see also smooth.
Antonyms rough*, dull, unpolished.
Unctuous
fulsome, supple, suave, compliant, insinuating, flattering,
cajoling, coaxing, ingratiating, glib, smooth-tongued, smooth,
gushing, smarmy*; see also affected 2.
Antonyms frank*, candid, brusque.
See oily in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
adjective
Having the qualities of fat:
adipose, fat, fatty, greasy, oleaginous, unctuous. See fatAffectedly and self-servingly earnest:
fulsome, oleaginous, sleek, smarmy, unctuous. See attitude, honest
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