Antonyms of adj squashy

3 senses of squashy

Sense 1
pulpy, squashy -- (like a pulp or overripe; not having stiffness)

INDIRECT (VIA nonwoody) -> woody -- (made of or containing or resembling wood; "woody plants"; "perennial herbs with woody stems"; "a woody taste")

Sense 2
boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged -- ((of soil) soft and watery; "the ground was boggy under foot"; "a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky lowland"; "muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the sloughy edge of the pond"; "swampy bayous")

INDIRECT (VIA wet) -> dry -- (free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; "dry land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry")

Sense 3
spongy, squashy, squishy, spongelike -- (easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility; "spongy bread")

INDIRECT (VIA soft) -> hard -- (resisting weight or pressure)

Similarity of adj squashy

3 senses of squashy

Sense 1
pulpy, squashy -- (like a pulp or overripe; not having stiffness)
       => nonwoody (vs. woody) -- (not woody; not consisting of or resembling wood)

Sense 2
boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged -- ((of soil) soft and watery; "the ground was boggy under foot"; "a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky lowland"; "muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the sloughy edge of the pond"; "swampy bayous")
       => wet (vs. dry) -- (covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather")

Sense 3
spongy, squashy, squishy, spongelike -- (easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility; "spongy bread")
       => soft (vs. hard) -- (yielding readily to pressure or weight)

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