adj
Meaning 1
Literal senses:
Resembling soap.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Bases dissolve skin oils and have a soapy feel to them.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: soaplike
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
soapy
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈsəʊpi/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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US: /ˈsoʊpi/
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rhymes with -əʊpi
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CMU ARPABET: S OW1 P IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Literal senses:
Full of soap.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonym: soaped up
- The dishwasher uses hot soapy water to clean the dishes and silverware.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: soaped up
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Literal senses:
Covered in soap.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- His skin was still soapy after the shower.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: soaped up
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Resembling a soap opera.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: broadcasting, media, television
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: soaplike
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Committing or involving flattery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
An erotic massage that involves lots of soap and body contact.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 7
resembling or having the qualities of soap
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a soapy consistency
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: saponaceous
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- buttery praise
- gave him a fulsome introduction
- an oily sycophantic press agent
- oleaginous hypocrisy
- smarmy self-importance
- the unctuous Uriah Heep
- soapy compliments
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, unctuous
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From soap + -y. Compare German Low German sepig (“soapy”), German seifig (“soapy”), Swedish såpig (“soapy”).
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: сапунен (sapunen) — resembling soap
- Catalan: sabonós — resembling soap
- German: seifig — resembling soap
- German: seifenartig — resembling soap
- Hungarian: szappanszerű — resembling soap
- Kyrgyz: самындуу (samınduu) — resembling soap
- Russian: мы́льный (mýlʹnyj) — resembling soap
- Scottish Gaelic: siabannach — resembling soap
- Spanish: saponáceo — resembling soap
- Turkish: sabunlu — resembling soap
- Welsh: sebonllyd — resembling soap
- German: seifig — full of soap
- Hungarian: szappanos — full of soap
- Ingrian: muilakas — full of soap
- Kyrgyz: самындуу (samınduu) — full of soap
- Plautdietsch: seepich — full of soap
- Polish: mydlany — full of soap
- Russian: мы́льный (mýlʹnyj) — full of soap
- Scottish Gaelic: siabannach — full of soap
- Slovak: mydlový — full of soap
- Spanish: jabonoso — full of soap
- Turkish: sabunlu — full of soap
- Welsh: sebonllyd — full of soap
- Bulgarian: сапунисан (sapunisan) — covered in soap
- Catalan: ensabonat — covered in soap
- Hungarian: szappanos — covered in soap
- Ingrian: muilakas — covered in soap
- Kyrgyz: самындуу (samınduu) — covered in soap
- Latvian: ziepjains — covered in soap
- Russian: мы́льный (mýlʹnyj) — covered in soap
- Russian: намы́ленный (namýlennyj) — covered in soap
- Scottish Gaelic: siabannach — covered in soap
- Spanish: enjabonado — covered in soap
- Turkish: sabunlu — covered in soap
- Welsh: sebonllyd — covered in soap
- Spanish: folletinesco — resembling a soap opera
- Welsh: sebonllyd — resembling a soap opera