Greasy synonyms and antonyms

grē'sē, -zē

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saponaceous
Soapy or soaplike
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sebaceous
Of or like fat, tallow, or sebum; esp., designating certain skin glands that secrete sebum
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slippery
Causing or tending to cause sliding or slipping:
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sliddery
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oily (related)
Too smooth; slippery; unctuous
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oleaginous
Falsely or smugly earnest; unctuous:
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unctuous
Abundant in organic materials; soft and rich:
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greasiness
The state of being greasy
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lubricant
A substance for reducing friction in this way, as oil or grease
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lubricity
The quality or condition of being lubricious.
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unctuousness
The state or characteristic of being unctuous.
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fat
Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
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soggy (related)
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sweaty (related)
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sticky (related)
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adipose
Slightly overweight, somewhat fat and hence soft.
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creamy
Of food or drink, having the rich taste or thick, smooth texture of cream, whether or not it actually contains cream.
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fatty
Derived from or chemically related to fat.
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butyraceous
Of, like, or producing butter
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lardaceous
Resembling lard.
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oleic
Of or pertaining to oil, especially to vegetable oil
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pinguid
Fat; oily.
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oil
Oil is a slippery liquid that comes from minerals as well as animal and vegetable fat.
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dry (antonym)
No longer wet:
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Greasy Sentence Examples

  • The diamond has also a somewhat greasy feel.

  • The pleasant odor of greasy viands mingled with the smell of smoke.

  • In the absence of dust and greasy contamination, the obliquely colliding jets may rebound from one another without coalescence for a considerable time.

  • This process with a moderate degree of heat thoroughly cleans it of external greasy matter, and all that is necessary before manufacturing is to gently tap the fur upon a leather cushion stuffed with horsehair with smooth canes of a flexibility suited to the strength of the fur.

  • The addition of small quantities of lime, especially in a caustic form, to stiff greasy clays makes them much more porous and pliable.

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