Synonyms for liquid
ˈlɪk wɪdliq·uid

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1. liquidnoun

   Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.

   liquid nitrogen

   Antonyms:
   gaseous, solid

2. liquidadjective

   Easily sold or disposed of without losing value.

   Antonyms:
   illiquid

3. liquidadjective

   Antonyms:
   illiquid

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1. liquid

   A fluid is a substance that, like air or water, yields to any force that tends to change its form; a liquid is a body in that state in which the particles move freely among themselves, but remain in one mass, keeping the same volume, but taking always the form of the containing vessel; a liquid is an inelastic fluid; a gas is an elastic fluid that tends to expand to the utmost limits of the containing space. All liquids are fluids, but not all fluids are liquids; air and all the gases are fluids, but they are not liquids under ordinary circumstances, tho capable of being reduced to a liquid form by special means, as by cold and pressure. Water at the ordinary temperature is at once a fluid and a liquid.

   Synonyms:
   fluid, gas

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1. liquid

   Synonyms:
   fluid, liquescent, melting, running, watery, fluent, soft, mellifluous, limpid, flowing, clear, smooth

   Antonyms:
   solid, solidified, concrete, congealed, hard, dry, indissolvable, insoluble, harsh, discordant

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1. liquidnoun

   a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure

   Synonyms:
   liquidness, liquidity, liquid state

   Antonyms:
   jellied, solid-state, dry-eyed, unmusical, concrete, jelled, airlike, vapourish, volatilized, vaporized, gassy, vaporish, semisolid, dry, solidified, vaporific, vaporous, nondisposable, opaque, aerosolized, congealed, awkward, vapourific, solid, aeriform, vapourised, evaporated, coagulated, gaseous, nonmusical, aerosolised, volatilised, vapourous, gasified, tearless

2. liquid, liquidness, liquidity, liquid statenoun

   the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility

   Synonyms:
   fluidity, fluidness, runniness, liquidness, liquidity, liquid state

   Antonyms:
   airlike, vaporish, gasified, aeriform, tearless, congealed, vapourous, vapourised, vapourific, concrete, solidified, coagulated, aerosolized, dry, vaporific, volatilized, nondisposable, vapourish, solid, jellied, aerosolised, semisolid, awkward, nonmusical, unmusical, solid-state, opaque, volatilised, dry-eyed, vaporous, vaporized, gaseous, jelled, evaporated, gassy

3. liquidnoun

   fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume

   Synonyms:
   liquidness, liquidity, liquid state

   Antonyms:
   concrete, vaporized, solidified, vaporific, vapourised, opaque, coagulated, dry-eyed, semisolid, vapourific, volatilised, gaseous, unmusical, vapourous, aerosolised, aerosolized, tearless, dry, jellied, nondisposable, gassy, volatilized, solid-state, evaporated, congealed, nonmusical, solid, awkward, airlike, gasified, vapourish, vaporous, jelled, vaporish, aeriform

4. liquidadjective

   a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially `l' and `r')

   Synonyms:
   liquidness, liquidity, liquid state

   Antonyms:
   vaporized, nonmusical, jelled, evaporated, solidified, vaporous, solid, vaporish, semisolid, awkward, gaseous, gasified, dry, jellied, aerosolised, gassy, aeriform, aerosolized, coagulated, nondisposable, volatilized, airlike, vaporific, unmusical, solid-state, opaque, vapourous, vapourised, dry-eyed, concrete, volatilised, congealed, vapourific, vapourish, tearless

5. liquidadjective

   existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow

   "water and milk and blood are liquid substances"

   Synonyms:
   fluid, smooth, melted, swimming, limpid, fluent, liquified

   Antonyms:
   concrete, volatilised, jelled, gasified, unmusical, vaporized, gaseous, vaporish, tearless, vapourised, airlike, vapourish, dry, vapourific, aerosolized, vapourous, vaporific, evaporated, solid-state, congealed, nonmusical, aerosolised, dry-eyed, solidified, solid, semisolid, vaporous, opaque, awkward, coagulated, volatilized, gassy, jellied, nondisposable, aeriform

6. liquid, swimmingadjective

   filled or brimming with tears

   "swimming eyes"; "sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid"

   Synonyms:
   liquified, fluent, limpid, melted, naiant, smooth, swimming, fluid

   Antonyms:
   aerosolized, coagulated, solid-state, opaque, dry-eyed, dry, gasified, volatilized, aeriform, vaporish, gassy, evaporated, vapourific, vaporized, vaporous, concrete, semisolid, congealed, vapourised, aerosolised, vapourous, vapourish, gaseous, solidified, unmusical, nonmusical, airlike, jelled, solid, nondisposable, awkward, volatilised, tearless, jellied, vaporific

7. liquid, limpidadjective

   clear and bright

   "the liquid air of a spring morning"; "eyes shining with a liquid luster"; "limpid blue eyes"

   Synonyms:
   crystal clear, liquified, lucid, fluent, limpid, pellucid, melted, transparent, luculent, smooth, swimming, perspicuous, crystalline, fluid

   Antonyms:
   awkward, congealed, vaporous, nonmusical, aerosolized, volatilised, concrete, gassy, airlike, solid, solidified, volatilized, opaque, jelled, solid-state, vapourous, vaporish, unmusical, vaporized, gasified, gaseous, coagulated, aerosolised, evaporated, vaporific, vapourish, dry-eyed, semisolid, jellied, dry, vapourised, tearless, vapourific, aeriform, nondisposable

8. melted, liquid, liquifiedadjective

   changed from a solid to a liquid state

   "rivers filled to overflowing by melted snow"

   Synonyms:
   molten, fluent, limpid, liquefied, melted, liquified, smooth, swimming, fluid

   Antonyms:
   vapourific, dry, coagulated, solid, unmusical, gaseous, tearless, solid-state, vapourish, solidified, gassy, vaporific, concrete, aeriform, nondisposable, dry-eyed, vapourised, vapourous, airlike, volatilised, vaporous, semisolid, vaporized, aerosolised, jelled, aerosolized, evaporated, vaporish, gasified, jellied, opaque, congealed, volatilized, nonmusical, awkward

9. liquidadjective

   smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness

   "the liquid song of a robin"

   Synonyms:
   fluid, smooth, melted, swimming, limpid, fluent, liquified

   Antonyms:
   vaporized, gassy, unmusical, concrete, vapourific, aerosolised, aeriform, vaporish, evaporated, dry, congealed, coagulated, vapourised, nondisposable, airlike, semisolid, solid, awkward, aerosolized, vaporific, vapourous, dry-eyed, gaseous, jelled, solid-state, tearless, volatilised, nonmusical, opaque, vaporous, volatilized, solidified, gasified, jellied, vapourish

10. fluent, fluid, liquid, smoothadjective

    smooth and unconstrained in movement

    "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"

    Synonyms:
    tranquil, smooth, silver-tongued, eloquent, fluid, placid, silver, liquified, still, quiet, legato, unruffled, smooth-spoken, swimming, suave, runny, limpid, facile, melted, mobile, unstable, fluent, bland, politic

    Antonyms:
    jellied, evaporated, jelled, vaporized, unmusical, solidified, solid-state, nondisposable, solid, dry-eyed, vapourous, vapourific, tearless, coagulated, opaque, volatilised, aerosolised, gaseous, vaporous, volatilized, airlike, aerosolized, vaporish, congealed, concrete, nonmusical, vapourish, aeriform, dry, vaporific, gassy, gasified, semisolid, vapourised, awkward

11. fluid, liquidadjective

    in cash or easily convertible to cash

    "liquid (or fluid) assets"

    Synonyms:
    mobile, unstable, fluent, limpid, melted, liquified, runny, smooth, swimming, fluid

    Antonyms:
    vaporous, volatilized, tearless, vaporized, volatilised, vapourous, gassy, opaque, dry, aerosolised, solid-state, vapourific, nondisposable, coagulated, gaseous, concrete, nonmusical, jelled, gasified, dry-eyed, aerosolized, solidified, aeriform, vaporish, awkward, vaporific, airlike, jellied, semisolid, evaporated, solid, vapourised, congealed, vapourish, unmusical

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1. solution

   a solution is a mixture of liquids and "liquid" can be used in the same way as "solution"

   the woman drank the strange liquid that the doctor recommended. the woman drank the strange solution that the doctor recommended.

   Submitted by Olearjet on November 24, 2020  

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1. liquidadjective

   Synonyms:
   fluid

2. liquidadjective

   Synonyms:
   mellifluous, dulcet, soft, clear, flowing

3. liquidnoun

   Synonyms:
   fluid, liquor, liquid substance

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1. liquidnoun

   Synonyms:
   fluid

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1. List of paraphrases for "liquid":

   liquids, fluid, liquide, fluids, cash, liquefied, net, watery, liquidates

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How to use liquid in a sentence?

1. Carlos Blanco:

   Our intention would be to have that ready before the new administration comes in, so that they have all the available elements and tools to make this market more liquid.

2. Olga Guseva:

   One was holding the door, the other one with [ screams of profanities ] threw a bottle with a yellow liquid with a strong pungent chemical smell.

3. Sanjeev Gupta:

   We have an alternative suggestion which is to still make hot metal but to make it from local raw material rather than imported raw material, so it's a change of technology rather than ending liquid steel making, if we get involved in Port Talbot we will only do so on the basis that we are confident there will not be any mass redundancies.

4. Emma Thompson:

   A couple of years ago I was just washing the dishes and I seen the sponges with the scouring pads, and I just thought it’d be quite interesting to try one of them, ever since that I’ve been addicted to eating them. I just have to soak them in (dishwashing liquid) and then chew on them. I always have to make sure I have sponges in the house.

5. Marc Engel:

   This small-scale production approach can definitely go beyond liquid bouillon and be used to produce mayonnaise, ice cream and even beauty or home care products, we are also exploring plans to lease, rent or sell these units to young entrepreneurs.