cloudlike

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adjective

Resembling a cloud or clouds; thus, often, fluffy

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nebularcloudy
OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English cloud →
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Meanings

adjectivecloudlike (comparative more cloudlike, superlative most cloudlike)

comparative more cloudlike · superlative most cloudlike

  1. Resembling a cloud or clouds; thus, often, fluffy

    Inside her chamber, the cushiony touch of her carpeted floor was cloudlike.

    1988 February 19, David Wasserman, “Lace Panties”, in Chicago Reader
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    This is the chapter where things get creamy, dreamy, and cloudlike. The Polish love of cheesecakes, meringues, and cream puff–style desserts is evidenced in every café, every bakery.

    2025 October 14, Laurel Kratochvila, “Ptysie, Bezy & Serniki: Choux, Meringues & Cheesecakes”, in Dobre Dobre: Baking from Poland and Beyond, San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle Books, →ISBN

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveresembling a cloud

Similar
nebularcloudy
Also see
cloudynebularnebulousturbid

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishcloud
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishcloudlike

From cloud + -like.

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APA

cloudlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloudlike

MLA

“cloudlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloudlike. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cloudlike,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloudlike.

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