Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cloy

2 senses of cloy

Sense 1
surfeit, cloy -- (supply or feed to surfeit)
       => supply, provide, render, furnish -- (give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater")

Sense 2
cloy, pall -- (cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing; "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite")
       => satiate, sate, replete, fill -- (fill to satisfaction; "I am sated")

Antonyms of adj cloying

1 sense of cloying

Sense 1
cloying, saccharine, syrupy, treacly -- (overly sweet)

INDIRECT (VIA sweet) -> sour -- (having a sharp biting taste)

Similarity of adj cloying

1 sense of cloying

Sense 1
cloying, saccharine, syrupy, treacly -- (overly sweet)
       => sweet (vs. sour) -- (having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar)