oleaginous

The word “oleaginous” has 5 syllables: o-le-ag-i-nous

It's pronounced as /ˌoʊ.liˈæ.dʒə.nəs/


What is synonym and antonym for oleaginous?

In the thesaurus, “oleaginous” has 54 synonyms and 12 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for oleaginous along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for oleaginous

  • abundant
  • adipose
  • adulatory
  • artificial
  • backhanded
  • blubbery
  • buttery
  • cloying
  • copious
  • demonstrative
  • disarming
  • drooling
  • effusive
  • endearing
  • extravagant
  • fat
  • fatlike
  • feigned
  • fulsome
  • greasy
  • gushing
  • gushy
  • hagiographic
  • hagiographical
  • hypocritical
  • ingratiating
  • insincere
  • lardaceous
  • lardy
  • lavish
  • left-handed
  • mealymouthed
  • mushy
  • oily
  • profuse
  • rich
  • sanctimonious
  • sickening
  • slavering
  • sleek
  • slobbering
  • smarmy
  • smooth
  • smug
  • soapy
  • suave
  • suety
  • two-faced
  • unctuous
  • uninhibited
  • unreserved
  • unrestrained
  • winning
  • winsome

Antonyms for oleaginous

  • artless
  • earnest
  • genuine
  • heartfelt
  • honest
  • ingenuous
  • sincere
  • true
  • unaffected
  • unfeigned
  • unpretending
  • unpretentious

Meanings of oleaginous

  • adjective
    1. Oily, greasy.
    2. (of manner or speech) Falsely or affectedly earnest; persuasively suave.

Example Sentences

  • The sauce had an oleaginous texture that coated the tongue heavily.
  • His oleaginous compliments made everyone uncomfortable.
  • The mechanic’s hands were stained with an oleaginous layer of grease.
  • The politician’s oleaginous manner seemed insincere and rehearsed.
  • An oleaginous film covered the surface of the polluted water.

On this page you'll find 66 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to oleaginous, such as: abundant, adipose, adulatory, artificial, artless, backhanded, blubbery.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

hagiographic

  • abundant
  • adulatory
  • artificial
  • backhanded
  • cloying
  • copious
  • demonstrative
  • disarming
  • drooling
  • effusive
  • endearing
  • extravagant
  • feigned
  • fulsome
  • gushing
  • gushy
  • hypocritical
  • ingratiating
  • insincere
  • lavish
  • left-handed
  • mealymouthed
  • mushy
  • oily
  • oleaginous
  • profuse
  • sanctimonious
  • sickening
  • slavering
  • slobbering
  • soapy
  • two-faced
  • unctuous
  • uninhibited
  • unreserved
  • unrestrained
  • winning
  • winsome

hagiographical

  • abundant
  • adulatory
  • artificial
  • backhanded
  • cloying
  • copious
  • demonstrative
  • disarming
  • drooling
  • effusive
  • endearing
  • extravagant
  • feigned
  • fulsome
  • gushing
  • gushy
  • hypocritical
  • ingratiating
  • insincere
  • lavish
  • left-handed
  • mealymouthed
  • mushy
  • oily
  • oleaginous
  • profuse
  • sanctimonious
  • sickening
  • slavering
  • slobbering
  • soapy
  • two-faced
  • unctuous
  • uninhibited
  • unreserved
  • unrestrained
  • winning
  • winsome

daubed

  • anointed
  • bedaubed
  • befouled
  • begrimed
  • bemired
  • besmeared
  • besmirched
  • blackened
  • coated
  • collied
  • colored
  • confused
  • contaminated
  • creamy
  • crocked
  • defiled
  • dirtied
  • disarranged
  • disarrayed
  • discolored
  • disheveled
  • dishevelled
  • disordered
  • distained
  • draggled
  • fatty
  • fouled
  • freshened
  • gaumed
  • greased
  • grimed
  • gummed
  • jumbled
  • larded
  • lubricated
  • lubricious
  • messed
  • mired
  • mucked
  • muddied
  • muddled
  • oiled
  • oleaginous
  • painted
  • pitched
  • plastered
  • polluted
  • pomaded
  • powdered
  • reddened
  • rouged
  • salved
  • slick
  • slimy
  • slithery
  • smeared
  • smirched
  • smudged
  • soiled
  • stained
  • sullied
  • swabbed
  • tainted
  • tarred
  • unctuous

salved

lardy

  • adipose
  • ample
  • beefy
  • blubbery
  • brawny
  • bulky
  • burly
  • buttery
  • butyraceous
  • buxom
  • chubby
  • chunky
  • corn-fed
  • corpulent
  • creamy
  • dumpy
  • endomorphic
  • fat
  • fatlike
  • flabby
  • fleshy
  • full
  • greasy
  • gross
  • heavy
  • heavyset
  • hefty
  • hippy
  • husky
  • lardaceous
  • lubricant
  • lubricative
  • lubricous
  • lustrous
  • obese
  • oil-soaked
  • oiled
  • oily
  • oleaginous
  • overweight
  • paunchy
  • plump
  • plumpish
  • podgy
  • polished
  • portly
  • potbellied
  • pudgy
  • replete
  • rich
  • ripe
  • roly-poly
  • rotund
  • round
  • saponaceous
  • sleek
  • slippery
  • smeary
  • smooth
  • soapy
  • soft
  • soothing
  • squat
  • stocky
  • stout
  • stubby
  • suety
  • swimming
  • thick
  • thickset
  • tubby
  • unctuous
  • waxy
  • weighty
  • zaftig
  • zoftig

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