Thesaurus:granular

Thesaurus

granular

English

Adjective

Sense: consisting of, or resembling, small particles

Synonyms

• corpuscular
• globular
• grainy
• granular
• granulary (dated)
• granuliform
• granulose
• granulous
• particulate

Antonyms

• fluidic    [⇒ thesaurus]
• gaseous    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• nondusty
• nongrainy
• nongranular
• nonparticulate
• nonpowdery
• unfloury
• ungrainy
• ungritty
• unmealy
• unpowdery

Hyponyms

• arenaceous
• arenarious
• arenic
• areniferous
• arenose
• branlike
• branny
• dustlike
• dusty
• farinaceous
• flourlike
• floury
• furfuraceous
• gritsome
• gritty
• mealy
• pityroid
• powderlike
• powdery
• powderous (archaic)
• pulverulent
• sabulous
• sandlike
• sandy
• sporous
• tophaceous
•   —
• coarse-grained
• fine-grained
•   —
• comminuted
• crushed
• ground
• ground down
• milled
• triturated
• pulverized
•   —
• equigranular (petrology)
• extragranular
• hypergranular
• interparticulate
• intragranular
• microgranular
• microparticulate
• monogranular
• nanogranular
• nanoparticulate
• quasiparticulate
• subgranular
• transgranular

Hypernyms

• solid

Various

• crumbly
• insubstantial    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• coarse
• fine

Further reading

• “330. pulverulence” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “granular” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.