Synonyms for fluid
ˈflu ɪdflu·id

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1. fluid

   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:
   gas, liquid

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1. fluidnoun

   a substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure

   Antonyms:
   unchangeable, nondisposable, solid, awkward, gaseous

2. fluidadjective

   continuous amorphous matter that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container: a liquid or a gas

   Antonyms:
   awkward, nondisposable, solid, unchangeable, gaseous

3. fluid, unstableadjective

   subject to change; variable

   "a fluid situation fraught with uncertainty"; "everything was unstable following the coup"

   Synonyms:
   mentally ill, mobile, liquid, unstable, fluent, runny, smooth, precarious, unsound

   Antonyms:
   awkward, gaseous, unchangeable, solid, nondisposable

4. fluid, runnyadjective

   characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape

   Synonyms:
   mobile, unstable, smooth, liquid, fluent, runny

   Antonyms:
   unchangeable, nondisposable, gaseous, solid, awkward

5. 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, placid, silver, liquified, still, quiet, legato, unruffled, smooth-spoken, swimming, suave, runny, limpid, facile, melted, mobile, unstable, fluent, liquid, bland, politic

   Antonyms:
   unchangeable, nondisposable, gaseous, solid, awkward

6. fluid, liquidadjective

   in cash or easily convertible to cash

   "liquid (or fluid) assets"

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

   Antonyms:
   unchangeable, solid, awkward, gaseous, nondisposable

7. fluid, mobileadjective

   affording change (especially in social status)

   "Britain is not a truly fluid society"; "upwardly mobile"

   Synonyms:
   roving, mobile, liquid, unstable, fluent, wandering, nomadic, peregrine, runny, smooth

   Antonyms:
   nondisposable, unchangeable, awkward, solid, gaseous

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1. fluidadjective

   Synonyms:
   liquid, not solid

2. fluidnoun

   Synonyms:
   liquid, liquor

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1. fluidnoun

   Synonyms:
   liquid, liquor, solution

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1. List of paraphrases for "fluid":

   liquid, fluids, oil, liquids, goo, liquide, free-flowing, accepted, fluent, smooth, olive, cash, unstable

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How to use fluid in a sentence?

1. Howard Shen:

   The situation is fluid, but we are expecting them to be back, that is the hope.

2. Mark Twain, Greatly Exaggerated:

   The best coffee in Europe is Vienna coffee, compared to which all other coffee is fluid poverty.

3. Eric Viloria:

   It's tough to say whether it will spiral further because it's so fluid. It does weigh on sentiment at times, our base case is that there won't be a trade war.

4. Mohamed Dagane:

   There is no confirmed cholera fatality at the hospital, we have sufficient stock of medicine and rehydration fluid to cater for any patient.

5. Rusty MacLean:

   It was a very different game then. You could have over 300 boys on the pitch, teams could be of very different sizes, matches could last six or seven days, no games clothes, you just played in jackets, waistcoats, breeches and boots... it was fairly fluid shall we say.