Thesaurus:glossy

Thesaurus

glossy

English

Adjective

Sense: having a smooth, reflective surface

Synonyms

• glacé
• glassy
• glossy
• lacquerlike
• satiny
• sheeny
• sleek
• slickered
• vitreous

Antonyms

• glossless
• matte
•   —
• speckled
• speckly

Hyponyms

• burnished
• polished
• varnished

Hypernyms

• smooth    [⇒ thesaurus]
• shiny    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “255. smoothness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “glossy” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.