English noun: viscousness | |||
1. | viscousness (attribute) resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow) | ||
Synonyms | viscosity | ||
Broader (hypernym) | body, consistence, consistency, eubstance | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cohesiveness, gelatinousness, glueyness, gluiness, glutinosity, glutinousness, gumminess, ropiness, sliminess, stickiness, tackiness, viscidity, viscidness | ||