viscous C2 Topic:Animals US /ˈvɪs.kəs/ See IPA manual Homophones viscus /ˈvɪskəs/ Freq #44122 Meanings 1 adj Of or pertaining to viscosity. Viscous coefficient. Thesaurus Synonyms glutinousgooeylentousslabbystiffsyrupythickthickflowingtreaclyviscidviscose ↔ Opposites fluidrunny Word family Derived forms elastoviscouselectroviscousgyroviscousisoviscousnonviscoussemiviscousultraviscousviscouslessviscouslyviscousness Related forms gelatinousunctuousviscidviscidityviscoidviscoidalviscometerviscoseviscosimeterviscosityviscousness Common collocations highly viscous Adverb + adjective Etymology First attested in 1605. Borrowed from Middle French visqueux and Late Latin viscōsus, from Latin viscum (“birdlime”). Doublet of viscose. Topics Animals External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # viscous **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈvɪs.kəs/ **Frequency rank:** 44122 ## Meanings 1. Of or pertaining to viscosity. ## Examples - Viscous coefficient. ## Synonyms - glutinous - gooey - lentous - slabby - stiff - syrupy - thick - thickflowing - treacly - viscid - viscose ## Antonyms - fluid - runny ## Derived Forms - elastoviscous - electroviscous - gyroviscous - isoviscous - nonviscous - semiviscous - ultraviscous - viscousless - viscously - viscousness ## Related Forms - gelatinous - unctuous - viscid - viscidity - viscoid - viscoidal - viscometer - viscose - viscosimeter - viscosity - viscousness ## Etymology First attested in 1605. Borrowed from Middle French visqueux and Late Latin viscōsus, from Latin viscum (“birdlime”). Doublet of viscose. ## Topics - Animals markdown