rubbery

adjective

rub·​bery ˈrə-b(ə-)rē 

: resembling rubber (as in elasticity, consistency, or texture)

rubbery legs

rubbery cheese

Synonyms of rubbery

• stretch
• plastic
• flexible
• rubberlike
• stretchy
• elastic
• resilient

Examples of rubbery in a Sentence

The hard-boiled eggs were tough and rubbery.

Her legs were rubbery when she stepped off the roller coaster.

Recent Examples on the Web

Forte has always had something of a cartoon-ready constitution, with his rubbery physicality and goofball charm. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026

Marian Catholic President Michael Riordan said the school’s west gym flooded, after a rubbery material sealing the roof from rainfall came loose. — Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026

The worst are rubbery, slimy slices — pulling one out of the package is very much like reaching into a Halloween slime bucket. — Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

Higuchi was already at home in this rubbery soundworld, but his determination to work out his own feelings in this already frenzied context pushes his music past the cartoonish and into the truly demonic. — Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 27 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for rubbery

• shrubbery