oily

Meaning

Adj

1. Covered with or containing oil.
2. Resembling oil.
3. (figuratively) Excessively friendly or polite but insincere.

Noun

1. A marble with an oily lustre.
2. (in-plural, informal) Oilskins. (waterproof garment)

Synonyms

greasy

unctuous

fatty

oleaginous

fat

buttery

oil

rich

🤑

oiled

creamy

sebaceous

oily rag

smoothtongued

slick

adipose

slippery

cunning

smarmy

dirty

soapy

fulsome

oil-bearing

suety

tallowy

tasty

unctuosity

unethical

glib-tongued

sebum

brimming with melted fat

oil-based

oleic

unguentary

clatty

butter

🧈

butyraceous

emulsive

evasive

flattering

flip

glib

grease

greased

gunky

ingratiating

lard

lardy

lubricated

pinguid

saponaceous

Translations

huileux

ölig

fettig

oleoso

gras

onctueux

grasiento

oleoso

aceitoso

graisseux

oléagineux

λαδωμένος

greixós

λαδερός

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɔɪli/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: oylei

Cognate with German: ölig

Cognate with Swedish: oljig

In summary

From Middle English oylei, equivalent to oil + -y. Compare German ölig (“oily”), Swedish oljig (“oily”).