viscid

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/ˈvɪsɪd/

adjective

Having a high viscosity.

Opposite
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Meanings

adjectiveviscid (comparative more viscid, superlative most viscid)

comparative more viscid · superlative most viscid

  1. Having a high viscosity.

    Synonyms: viscous · Antonyms: inviscid

  2. Sticky, slimy, or glutinous.

    The pool’s bottoms and sides were lined with a blanket of viscid slime, and the three statues in the middle, the three Sirens of Titan, were under a mucilaginous hump.

    1959, Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan, New York: Dial, published 2006, Epilogue, pp. 315-316
    1 more example

    They trod noiselessly upon a stair carpet that its own loom would have forsworn. It seemed to have become vegetable; to have degenerated in that rank, sunless air to lush lichen or spreading moss that grew in patches to the staircase and was viscid under the foot like organic matter.

    1906, O. Henry, The Furnished Room

    Synonyms: mucilaginous · Antonyms: inviscid

  3. Covered with a viscid layer.

    Antonyms: inviscid

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHaving a high viscosity.

Similar
Opposite

adjectiveSticky, slimy, or glutinous.

Opposite

adjectiveCovered with a viscid layer.

Opposite

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivehaving the sticky properties of an adhesive

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinviscum
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  3. Late Latinviscidus
  4. Englishviscid

From Late Latin viscidus, from viscum (“birdlime”).

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Translations

Bulgarian лепкав, слузест
  • лепкав (lepkav)sticky, slimy, or glutinous
  • слузест (sluzest)sticky, slimy, or glutinous
Latin viscidus
  • viscidussticky, slimy, or glutinous
Māori piapia
  • piapiasticky, slimy, or glutinous
Polish lepki, zawiesisty
  • lepkisticky, slimy, or glutinous
  • zawiesistysticky, slimy, or glutinous
Russian ли́пкий, кле́йкий
  • ли́пкий (lípkij)sticky, slimy, or glutinous
  • кле́йкий (kléjkij)sticky, slimy, or glutinous
Cite this entry
APA

viscid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/viscid

MLA

“viscid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/viscid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “viscid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/viscid.

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