Synonyms for solid
ˈsɒl ɪdsol·id

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1. solid

   Synonyms:
   accurate, calculable, calculated, commonplace, literal, ordinary, prosaic, real, reasonable, regular, sensible, sound, sure, true

   Antonyms:
   chimerical, fanciful, fantastic, grotesque, imaginative, visionary

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1. solid

   Synonyms:
   hard, firm, compact, resistant, dense, substantial, weighty, strong, valid, just, sound, impenetrable, stable, cubic

   Antonyms:
   soft, hollow, yielding, frail, brittle, flimsy, elastic, resilient, malleable, impressible, fluid, liquid, frivolous, light, trifling, weak, invalid, unsound, fallacious, weakly

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1. solidnoun

   matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure

   Synonyms:
   solid state, solidness

   Antonyms:
   vaporous, fistular, vasiform, vapourish, aerosolized, vapourous, aerosolised, gaseous, semiliquid, hollow, unrespectable, vaporish, volatilized, gasified, unsound, clear, tubular, vapourised, airlike, two-dimensional, fistulate, aeriform, runny, broken, liquefied, diversified, heterogeneous, soft, linear, watery, one-dimensional, planar, tubelike, fistulous, liquifiable, recessed, liquified, liquefiable, liquid, sunken, fluid, evaporated, vaporized, tube-shaped, bad, vapourific, volatilised, heterogenous, frivolous, cavernous, cannular, deep-set, gassy, vaporific, unwholesome

2. solid, solidness, solid statenoun

   the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape

   Synonyms:
   solid state, substantialness, solidness, substantiality, solidity

   Antonyms:
   vapourish, heterogenous, vapourised, cannular, unrespectable, fistulate, tube-shaped, aeriform, vaporish, two-dimensional, tubular, linear, liquified, vapourous, bad, unwholesome, runny, vaporized, evaporated, diversified, hollow, aerosolised, gaseous, gassy, fluid, liquefiable, recessed, heterogeneous, volatilised, unsound, fistulous, volatilized, semiliquid, fistular, vasiform, airlike, gasified, deep-set, watery, vaporific, aerosolized, planar, frivolous, liquefied, tubelike, liquid, broken, vapourific, soft, cavernous, one-dimensional, sunken, liquifiable, vaporous, clear

3. solidadjective

   a three-dimensional shape

   Synonyms:
   solid state, solidness

   Antonyms:
   sunken, deep-set, fistular, fistulate, cannular, fistulous, unsound, diversified, tube-shaped, tubular, gasified, tubelike, liquified, unrespectable, one-dimensional, aerosolized, evaporated, runny, liquifiable, planar, vapourish, unwholesome, vaporous, clear, volatilized, liquid, semiliquid, frivolous, aeriform, soft, vaporized, linear, two-dimensional, vapourific, broken, vapourous, vapourised, hollow, fluid, gassy, airlike, recessed, vaporish, heterogeneous, heterogenous, aerosolised, cavernous, bad, vaporific, volatilised, gaseous, watery, liquefiable, vasiform, liquefied

4. solidadjective

   characterized by good substantial quality

   "solid comfort"; "a solid base hit"

   Synonyms:
   substantial, whole, upstanding, unanimous, hearty, square, strong, self-colored, firm, satisfying, self-coloured

   Antonyms:
   gaseous, tubular, cannular, heterogenous, airlike, tubelike, vapourific, cavernous, unrespectable, hollow, volatilized, liquefied, liquid, unsound, vaporish, fistulous, watery, two-dimensional, vapourish, recessed, bad, volatilised, vaporous, fistulate, liquifiable, vasiform, tube-shaped, semiliquid, liquefiable, diversified, planar, aerosolized, aeriform, vaporized, sunken, evaporated, aerosolised, soft, deep-set, liquified, heterogeneous, gasified, clear, fluid, one-dimensional, fistular, vapourised, broken, frivolous, gassy, vaporific, runny, vapourous, linear, unwholesome

5. solidadjective

   of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous

   "ice is water in the solid state"

   Synonyms:
   substantial, whole, upstanding, unanimous, hearty, square, strong, self-colored, firm, satisfying, self-coloured

   Antonyms:
   airlike, gassy, tube-shaped, fistulate, recessed, vapourific, evaporated, vaporized, unsound, heterogeneous, two-dimensional, frivolous, vapourish, gasified, fistular, broken, unrespectable, runny, cavernous, aeriform, soft, aerosolised, watery, volatilised, fistulous, liquefied, vaporous, vaporish, unwholesome, vaporific, heterogenous, liquefiable, bad, tubular, volatilized, sunken, one-dimensional, fluid, liquid, vasiform, vapourised, cannular, planar, aerosolized, clear, vapourous, gaseous, linear, liquifiable, tubelike, hollow, liquified, deep-set, diversified, semiliquid

6. solidadjective

   entirely of one substance with no holes inside

   "a solid block of wood"

   Synonyms:
   substantial, whole, upstanding, unanimous, hearty, square, strong, self-colored, firm, satisfying, self-coloured

   Antonyms:
   watery, gasified, aerosolized, heterogenous, fluid, frivolous, semiliquid, vapourised, recessed, liquefied, two-dimensional, liquified, vapourific, volatilised, aerosolised, fistular, heterogeneous, cavernous, deep-set, vaporific, runny, unwholesome, tubular, vaporish, volatilized, liquid, vaporous, sunken, liquefiable, unrespectable, linear, fistulate, tube-shaped, hollow, vapourish, diversified, soft, bad, evaporated, unsound, gassy, liquifiable, vasiform, clear, broken, tubelike, vaporized, planar, fistulous, airlike, aeriform, vapourous, one-dimensional, cannular, gaseous

7. solidadjective

   of one substance or character throughout

   "solid gold"; "carved out of solid rock"

   Synonyms:
   substantial, whole, upstanding, unanimous, hearty, square, strong, self-colored, firm, satisfying, self-coloured

   Antonyms:
   volatilised, recessed, clear, one-dimensional, cavernous, liquified, fistulate, diversified, linear, airlike, vaporized, vasiform, deep-set, volatilized, tubular, gasified, unwholesome, watery, vaporous, liquefied, aeriform, planar, vapourific, unsound, liquid, liquefiable, bad, broken, aerosolised, semiliquid, evaporated, tube-shaped, two-dimensional, unrespectable, frivolous, tubelike, aerosolized, soft, vapourous, vapourish, fluid, heterogenous, fistulous, heterogeneous, vapourised, cannular, gassy, hollow, sunken, vaporific, runny, gaseous, liquifiable, fistular, vaporish

8. solidadjective

   uninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks

   "a solid line across the page"; "solid sheets of water"

   Synonyms:
   substantial, whole, upstanding, unanimous, hearty, square, strong, self-colored, firm, satisfying, self-coloured

   Antonyms:
   hollow, vaporific, unrespectable, liquefied, liquified, vapourous, deep-set, vapourised, recessed, frivolous, heterogenous, vaporized, heterogeneous, unsound, fistulous, watery, two-dimensional, gassy, evaporated, runny, fistular, vasiform, fluid, liquefiable, gaseous, diversified, sunken, semiliquid, unwholesome, fistulate, bad, vaporous, airlike, liquid, liquifiable, aerosolized, linear, vaporish, one-dimensional, volatilized, aeriform, vapourish, broken, clear, cannular, planar, tubular, volatilised, tubelike, soft, vapourific, tube-shaped, aerosolised, cavernous, gasified

9. hearty, satisfying, solid, square, substantialadjective

   providing abundant nourishment

   "a hearty meal"; "good solid food"; "ate a substantial breakfast"; "four square meals a day"

   Synonyms:
   self-colored, whole, straight, red-blooded, substantial, self-coloured, unanimous, upstanding, significant, square(a), hearty, comforting, satisfying, full-blooded, real, substantive, cheering, material, square, firm, square(p), strong, straightforward, lusty

   Antonyms:
   heterogeneous, fluid, vapourous, vasiform, soft, hollow, liquified, vapourish, unsound, diversified, volatilized, runny, liquefied, volatilised, heterogenous, vaporific, gassy, unrespectable, liquefiable, deep-set, broken, two-dimensional, aerosolized, sunken, one-dimensional, airlike, recessed, tubular, bad, vaporous, unwholesome, watery, gaseous, semiliquid, clear, vapourised, linear, aerosolised, vaporized, tubelike, vapourific, cannular, vaporish, liquifiable, gasified, fistulous, frivolous, liquid, fistular, cavernous, fistulate, evaporated, aeriform, tube-shaped, planar

10. solid, strong, substantialadjective

    of good quality and condition; solidly built

    "a solid foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings"

    Synonyms:
    self-colored, whole, potent, inviolable, unanimous, self-coloured, substantial, stiff, material, upstanding, significant, hearty, warm, satisfying, hard, real, substantive, unassailable, square, firm, strong, unattackable, impregnable, secure

    Antonyms:
    vapourised, tubular, diversified, bad, cavernous, liquified, liquid, clear, one-dimensional, vasiform, vaporized, vaporous, gassy, unsound, evaporated, fistulate, recessed, gaseous, vaporific, watery, vapourous, liquifiable, vaporish, fluid, gasified, frivolous, heterogenous, aerosolised, aeriform, aerosolized, tube-shaped, cannular, sunken, fistulous, volatilised, liquefied, broken, runny, liquefiable, heterogeneous, two-dimensional, planar, vapourific, deep-set, semiliquid, unrespectable, hollow, tubelike, linear, fistular, unwholesome, soft, vapourish, volatilized, airlike

11. firm, solidadjective

    not soft or yielding to pressure

    "a firm mattress"; "the snow was firm underfoot"; "solid ground"

    Synonyms:
    self-colored, whole, loyal, unanimous, self-coloured, upstanding, fast(a), substantial, stiff, unfluctuating, fast, unshakable, unfaltering, hearty, truehearted, satisfying, unbendable, steadfast, unwavering, steady, firm, immobile, square, strong

    Antonyms:
    cannular, unwholesome, vaporous, aerosolized, cavernous, planar, two-dimensional, clear, unsound, heterogenous, vapourous, semiliquid, fistular, vasiform, heterogeneous, liquefiable, volatilised, runny, vaporific, soft, volatilized, deep-set, aeriform, vapourific, tubelike, liquifiable, liquid, vaporish, recessed, unrespectable, tube-shaped, evaporated, sunken, fistulous, gasified, vapourish, watery, linear, fistulate, liquified, bad, fluid, frivolous, diversified, gaseous, one-dimensional, vaporized, gassy, broken, hollow, aerosolised, liquefied, vapourised, airlike, tubular

12. solidadjective

    having three dimensions

    "a solid object"

    Synonyms:
    substantial, whole, upstanding, unanimous, hearty, square, strong, self-colored, firm, satisfying, self-coloured

    Antonyms:
    vaporific, heterogenous, liquefiable, unsound, bad, hollow, evaporated, cannular, clear, heterogeneous, liquid, aerosolised, gasified, runny, vaporous, watery, vapourised, vapourish, diversified, vasiform, aeriform, planar, semiliquid, tubelike, vapourific, one-dimensional, unrespectable, vaporized, deep-set, two-dimensional, fistulate, fluid, tube-shaped, liquifiable, unwholesome, broken, volatilized, gaseous, volatilised, soft, frivolous, airlike, aerosolized, tubular, sunken, fistulous, gassy, fistular, vapourous, vaporish, recessed, liquefied, liquified, cavernous, linear

13. solidadjective

    impenetrable for the eye

    "solid blackness"

    Synonyms:
    substantial, whole, upstanding, unanimous, hearty, square, strong, self-colored, firm, satisfying, self-coloured

    Antonyms:
    aeriform, heterogenous, heterogeneous, frivolous, liquid, broken, deep-set, diversified, bad, semiliquid, fistular, airlike, two-dimensional, vaporific, soft, volatilized, planar, one-dimensional, tube-shaped, liquified, vaporized, fluid, clear, evaporated, volatilised, vapourised, gasified, aerosolized, linear, fistulous, liquifiable, sunken, hollow, vaporish, vapourous, cannular, vapourific, unsound, vaporous, fistulate, tubelike, unwholesome, gassy, recessed, liquefied, liquefiable, vapourish, watery, aerosolised, cavernous, runny, vasiform, unrespectable, gaseous, tubular

14. solidadjective

    financially sound

    "the bank is solid and will survive this attack"

    Synonyms:
    substantial, whole, upstanding, unanimous, hearty, square, strong, self-colored, firm, satisfying, self-coloured

    Antonyms:
    liquid, aerosolised, liquifiable, recessed, heterogeneous, unsound, clear, liquefied, gasified, vaporous, aerosolized, fistulous, fistular, two-dimensional, vapourised, fluid, vapourific, soft, linear, aeriform, vapourish, diversified, heterogenous, tube-shaped, liquified, tubular, broken, vaporized, hollow, vaporish, planar, vapourous, gaseous, cannular, vasiform, semiliquid, vaporific, volatilised, liquefiable, watery, bad, unwholesome, fistulate, volatilized, unrespectable, deep-set, evaporated, cavernous, runny, sunken, frivolous, tubelike, airlike, gassy, one-dimensional

15. solidadjective

    of a substantial character and not frivolous or superficial

    "work of solid scholarship"; "based on solid facts"

    Synonyms:
    substantial, whole, upstanding, unanimous, hearty, square, strong, self-colored, firm, satisfying, self-coloured

    Antonyms:
    aerosolized, diversified, vaporous, heterogeneous, linear, runny, unsound, bad, tubelike, vapourised, sunken, tubular, gassy, vaporish, volatilised, tube-shaped, vaporific, unwholesome, evaporated, gaseous, liquified, hollow, one-dimensional, fistular, semiliquid, cavernous, clear, vasiform, volatilized, vapourific, soft, liquifiable, fistulous, liquefied, airlike, aeriform, cannular, recessed, deep-set, fluid, vapourish, two-dimensional, vaporized, watery, planar, unrespectable, fistulate, heterogenous, broken, aerosolised, liquefiable, gasified, liquid, vapourous, frivolous

16. upstanding, solidadjective

    meriting respect or esteem

    "an upstanding member of the community"

    Synonyms:
    substantial, upstanding, hearty, unanimous, square, strong, self-colored, whole, firm, satisfying, self-coloured

    Antonyms:
    liquified, evaporated, planar, vapourific, volatilised, vapourised, vaporific, clear, aeriform, fluid, liquefied, vapourish, unsound, tubular, watery, unwholesome, heterogeneous, frivolous, gaseous, liquefiable, gasified, aerosolized, two-dimensional, deep-set, bad, tubelike, unrespectable, vaporized, runny, gassy, linear, vapourous, heterogenous, vaporous, aerosolised, one-dimensional, hollow, fistulous, airlike, broken, vasiform, diversified, semiliquid, volatilized, vaporish, fistular, soft, liquid, liquifiable, cavernous, recessed, sunken, fistulate, cannular, tube-shaped

17. solid, self-colored, self-colouredadjective

    of the same color throughout

    "solid color"

    Synonyms:
    substantial, whole, upstanding, unanimous, hearty, square, strong, self-colored, firm, satisfying, self-coloured

    Antonyms:
    fistular, unrespectable, semiliquid, aerosolized, vapourous, fluid, fistulous, cavernous, liquefied, heterogeneous, evaporated, vapourish, gasified, vaporish, frivolous, airlike, volatilized, tubelike, two-dimensional, linear, fistulate, broken, vasiform, watery, volatilised, liquefiable, vaporous, vapourific, deep-set, tube-shaped, unwholesome, heterogenous, vaporific, recessed, soft, cannular, gaseous, liquified, runny, vapourised, aeriform, liquifiable, diversified, unsound, aerosolised, planar, gassy, liquid, vaporized, tubular, clear, sunken, one-dimensional, bad, hollow

18. solid, unanimous, wholeadjective

    acting together as a single undiversified whole

    "a solid voting bloc"

    Synonyms:
    self-colored, whole, unhurt, hale, unharmed, consentient, consentaneous, self-coloured, substantial, unanimous, upstanding, hearty, satisfying, square, firm, strong, unscathed

    Antonyms:
    vapourific, heterogenous, heterogeneous, sunken, unrespectable, volatilised, linear, vasiform, cannular, liquefiable, fistulate, volatilized, aerosolized, gassy, unsound, vaporific, deep-set, planar, vaporous, fistular, tubelike, aerosolised, diversified, two-dimensional, vapourised, hollow, tube-shaped, watery, tubular, bad, cavernous, frivolous, fistulous, broken, semiliquid, liquid, one-dimensional, unwholesome, gasified, airlike, vaporized, clear, liquefied, liquified, vapourish, liquifiable, vaporish, aeriform, fluid, recessed, soft, evaporated, vapourous, gaseous, runny

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1. solidadjective

   Synonyms:
   hard, firm, not fluid, not liquid

2. solidadjective

   Synonyms:
   dense, compact, not hollow

3. solidadjective

   Synonyms:
   strong, substantial, stable, sound, stout

4. solidadjective

   Synonyms:
   real, true, valid, just, weighty, important, grave, not frivolous, not fallacious

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1. solidadjective

   Synonyms:
   dense, compact, hard, impenetrable, firm, unyielding, imporous, concrete, substantial, unanimous, united, undivided

   Antonyms:
   porous, incompact, hollow, spongy, soft, plastic, unstable, fallacious

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1. List of paraphrases for "solid":

   strong, robust, sound, solids, firm, stable, reliable, rock-solid, sturdy, good, powerful, down-to-earth

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1. Margaret Fuller:

   Male and female represent the two sides of the great radical dualism. But in fact they are perpetually passing into one another. Fluid hardens to solid, solid rushes to fluid. There is no wholly masculine man, no purely feminine woman.

2. Winston Churchill:

   So they the Government go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent.

3. Jeffrey Lewis:

   The key piece of evidence is that the facility is operating a' burn pit' to dispose of solid-propellant leftover from the production of ballistic missiles, casting rocket motors results in leftover propellant, which is an explosive hazard. Solid-propellant missile production facilities often have burn pits where leftover propellant can be disposed of by burning. Burn operations are, therefore, a strong signature that the facility is actively casting solid rocket motors.

4. Borealis Chief Executive Mark Garrett:

   We believe the integrated polyolefin industry margin will be solid (in 2016), borouge's profitability will be impacted by the lower price environment in Asia. Overall, Borealis expects to see a solid, albeit lower profitability in 2016 compared to 2015.

5. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   Finish each day before you begin the next, and interpose a solid wall of sleep between the two. This you cannot do without temperance.