eel-like
Long and slithery
Eel-like describes something resembling an eel—long, slender, and sinuous.
The word usually applies to body shape or movement: an eel-like fish, She slipped through the crowd with eel-like grace.
It can suggest slipperiness in the figurative sense too: His eel-like evasions frustrated the interviewer.
Wet, slippery, unpleasant
- slickSmooth or craftily adept
- slitherySliding with smooth motion
- mucousSlime-producing, bodily
- greasyCovered in slick fat
lubricious · oily · wet · glistening · glossy · sleek · gliding · elusive
Curving in repeated bends
- streamlinedMade smooth and efficient
- cylindricalCircular in cross-section
- fusiformCigar-shaped, tapered bilaterally
- taperedGradually narrowing in width
filiform · ribbonlike · threadlike · spindle-shaped · vermiform · tubular · attenuated · snakelike
Predatory tropical eel
anadromous · eelgrass · eelworm · freshwater · marine · oceanic · aquaculture · hagfish
Moving in waves
- windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous
- serpentineCurving in repeated bends
- coilingLooping around repeatedly
- slitheringSmooth limbless locomotion
twisting · meandering · curving · writhing · snaking · wavelike · flexuous · rippling
slimy
Wet, slippery, unpleasant
greasy · lubricious · oily · wet · glistening · glossy · sleek · gliding · elusive · wriggling
serpentine
Curving in repeated bends
- streamlinedMade smooth and efficient
- cylindricalCircular in cross-section
- fusiformCigar-shaped, tapered bilaterally
tapered · filiform · ribbonlike · threadlike · spindle-shaped · vermiform · tubular · attenuated · snakelike · worm-shaped
moray
Predatory tropical eel
elver · anadromous · eelgrass · eelworm · freshwater · marine · oceanic · aquaculture · hagfish · knifefish
undulating
Moving in waves
- windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous
- serpentineCurving in repeated bends
- coilingLooping around repeatedly
slithering · twisting · meandering · curving · writhing · snaking · wavelike · flexuous · rippling · weaving
- sea creature adjectivesfish-shaped, tentacled, finned, flippered