Thesaurus:unctuous

Thesaurus

unctuous

English

Adjective

Sense: resembling grease or oil

Synonyms

• adipose
• butyraceous
• fatty
• greasy
• lardaceous
• oily
• oleaginous
• pinguid
• saponaceous
• sebaceous
• soapy
• unctuous
• unguinous
• waxy

Hyponyms

• dirty    [⇒ thesaurus]
• messy
• slimy
• slippery    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• fluidic    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:fat

Further reading

• “355. unctuousness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “unctuous” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.