Advertisement
Advertisement
ropy
adjective as in fibrous
adjective as in glutinous
adjective as in mucilaginous
adjective as in muscular
adjective as in sticky
adjective as in stringy
adjective as in thick
adjective as in threadlike
Weak matches
adjective as in viscid
adjective as in viscose
adjective as in viscous
Discover More
Example Sentences
He was a short, lean man with a leathery face and long, black ropy hair, and beady black eyes that caught the light like a cat's.
Near the Guardian Rocks large masses of ropy lava are found which suggest ejected bombs.
Put a pint of clean sugar to a pint of juice, and boil it slowly, till it becomes ropy.
All I could see then was a bunch of black ropy arms tangled around what looked like, as Putz described it to you, an ostrich.
The wet shirt clinging close to his body outlined well-knit shoulders, ropy-muscled arms.
Advertisement
On this page you'll find 249 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ropy, such as: hairy, coarse, fibroid, muscular, pulpy, and sinewy.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse