oily

  • (s) containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
    • greasy hamburgers
    • oily fried potatoes
    • oleaginous seeds
    greasy, sebaceous, oleaginous,
  • (s) unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
    • buttery praise
    • gave him a fulsome introduction
    • an oily sycophantic press agent
    • oleaginous hypocrisy
    • smarmy self-importance
    • the unctuous Uriah Heep
    • soapy compliments
    buttery, fulsome, oleaginous, smarmy, unctuous, soapy,
  • (s) coated or covered with oil
    • oily puddles in the streets
  • (s) smeared or soiled with grease or oil
    • greasy coveralls
    • get rid of rubbish and oily rags
    greasy,

Synonyms

greasy sebaceous oleaginous buttery fulsome smarmy unctuous soapy

Words of close approximity

OIG oil OIS
oink