globs

Gooey thick portions

Globs are shapeless masses or lumps, usually of soft or viscous material: globs of paint, globs of wax.

The word suggests something thick and somewhat messy.

In computing, a glob is a pattern-matching syntax using wildcards to select files: *.txt matches all text files.

masses

clumps

Masses stuck together

dollops · gobs · wads · clusters · heaps · piles · masses · mounds · aggregates · accumulations

ooze

drip

Liquid falling slowly

drizzle · dribble · splatter · splat · plop · squirt · spill · leak · exude · secrete

texture

gooey

Soft and sticky

gummy · slimy · mucousy · tacky · thick · goopy · glutinous · syrupy · congealed · jellied

shapeless

amorphous

Without distinct shape

irregular · blobby · lumpy · unformed · nebulous · indistinct · misshapen · bulbous · inchoate · malleable

Categories
Opposites
form/shape

globsdrops

Descends or releases

beads · spheres · crystals · geometric forms · cubes

precision/measurement

globsteaspoons

Small serving spoons

milliliters · grams · ounces · doses · units

size/quantity

globsspecks

Minute spots or particles

motes · traces · smidgens · dabs · particles

Family

glob, globular, globule, globose, globules

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G