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soapy

soapy

15 1.0
A slippery, foamy feeling like soap on your skin
  • adjective
  • /ˈsoʊpi/
translation icon : jabonoso
  • After washing the car, I rinsed it off with clean water to remove the soapy residue.
  • soapy water

It has a bit of a kind of sweet soapy smell to it.

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Examples

  • I have to walk down and replace my soapy water three times.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Everything's soapy, so we might as well scrub the floor.

  • And then I can put these in some soapy water along with the this as well.

  • Can you get me some soapy water?

  • "Put dishes in soapy water."

  • It has a bit of a kind of sweet soapy smell to it.

  • It's better if you fill the sink with soapy water and dip each plate in it.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • I'd finished preparing the bucket of soapy water and stepped out into the hall.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • With a bucket of dull, soapy water, Flora begins the task of washing the tree trunks.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Right now she was washing dishes, up to her elbows in soapy water with Alice's Fiesta Ware.

    Fiction book (2000)

Synonyms

foamy
vssoapy
6 2.2

Covered with many small bubbles, like the top of a cappuccino

implies soapiness and slipperiness, not merely bubbly surface
sudsy
vssoapy
3 1.9

Covered with soap bubbles

includes slipperiness and foam, not only being covered in suds
saponaceous
vssoapy
  • Specialized
9.9

Feels soapy and slippery when you touch it

is the everyday term focusing on texture, appearance, and foaming
lathery
vssoapy
6.4

Covered in soft white soap bubbles

emphasizes general soap qualities rather than only frothy coverage

Antonyms

dry
791 1.0

Not wet or without any liquid

325 1.0

Firm and hard so it keeps its shape, not liquid

How Soapy

foamy
6 2.2
soapy
15 1.0
slippery
80 1.0

Surface Forms

soapy positive
soapier comparative
soapiest superlative

Morphology

soapy = soap (transparent) = soap + y

The adjective 'soapy' is transparently derived from the noun 'soap' with the suffix '-y' indicating 'having the qualities of'.

Etymology

Soapy comes from soap + -y, where -y means 'full of' or 'like'. So soapy means 'like soap', used for something slippery, foamy, or covered in suds.