cottonlike
Resembling soft fibers
Cottonlike describes something resembling cotton in texture, appearance, or feel—typically soft, fluffy, or fibrous: cottonlike clouds, a cottonlike material.
The word appears most often in technical or descriptive contexts where a more precise comparison to cotton's qualities is needed.
Yielding to touch
- fluffySoft and light-textured
- downyHaving soft, fine texture
- featheryLight and soft-textured
- plushThick-pile soft fabric
velvety · silky · smooth · delicate · supple · fleece · cuddly · billowy
Absence of pigment
- wispyThin and insubstantial
- airyLight and well-ventilated
- cloudsAirborne water masses
- gossamerFilmy, delicate material
ethereal · diaphanous · filmy · gauzy · translucent · sheer · vaporous · misty
Preventing heat or electricity passage
- cozyWarm and snug
- thermalPertaining to warmth
- blanketingCovering something entirely
- envelopingSurrounding on all sides
snug · warming · layered · quilted · protective · nestling · swaddling · bundled
soft
Yielding to touch
plush · velvety · silky · smooth · delicate · supple · fleece · cuddly · billowy · puffy
white
Absence of pigment
gossamer · ethereal · diaphanous · filmy · gauzy · translucent · sheer · vaporous · misty · floaty
insulating
Preventing heat or electricity passage
- cozyWarm and snug
- thermalPertaining to warmth
- blanketingCovering something entirely
enveloping · snug · warming · layered · quilted · protective · nestling · swaddling · bundled · padded
cotton, cottons, cottony, cottoned, cottonwood, cottoning, cottonmouth, cottonseed, cotton gin