- adhesive⇄adhesive, noun, adjective.
- adhesive⇄adj. 1. sticking and holding fast; adhering easily.
(SYN) sticky.
2. coated with glue, paste, or other sticky substance.
Ex. an adhesive label.
(SYN) gummed. - adhesive⇄adv. adhesively.
- adhesive⇄noun adhesiveness.
- adhesive⇄noun 1. (U.S.) sticky tape used especially to hold bandages in place; adhesive tape.
2. glue, paste, or other substance for sticking things together.
3. a gummed postage stamp.
Ex. The design, by the French artist Pierre Gandon, shows