| NOUN | state | solidness, solid, solid state | the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress |
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| attribute | solidness, solidity | the consistency of a solid | |
| attribute | solidness, substantiality, substantialness | the quality of being substantial or having substance | |
| attribute | solidness, solidity | the quality of being solid and reliable / reliable financially or factually or morally |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | solid, solid state | |
| Broader | state of matter, state | (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids / liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container) |
| Spanish | estado sólido, sólido | |
| Catalan | sòlid | |
| Adjectives | solid | of definite shape and volume |
| Meaning | The consistency of a solid. | |
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| Synonym | solidity | |
| Narrower | compactness | The consistency of a compact solid |
| impermeability, impermeableness | The property of something that cannot be pervaded by a liquid / liquid | |
| Broader | consistency, consistence, substance, body | The property of holding together and retaining its shape |
| Opposite | porosity, porousness | The property of being porous |
| Spanish | solidez | |
| Adjectives | solid | entirely / entirely of one substance with no holes inside |
| solid | not soft or yielding to pressure | |
| Meaning | The quality of being substantial or having substance. | |
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| Synonyms | substantiality, substantialness | |
| Attributes | insubstantial, unsubstantial, unreal | lacking material form or substance |
| substantial, real, material | Having substance or capable of being treated as fact | |
| Broader | materiality, physicalness, corporeality, corporality | The quality of being physical |
| Opposite | insubstantiality | lacking substance or reality |
| Spanish | sustancialidad | |
| Catalan | substancialitat | |
| Adjectives | solid | of one substance or character throughout |
| solid | of good quality and condition | |
| Meaning | The quality of being solid and reliable / reliable financially or factually or morally. | |
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| Example | "the solidness of her faith gave her enduring hope" | |
| Synonym | solidity | |
| Broader | dependability, dependableness, reliability, reliableness | The quality of being dependable / dependable or reliable / reliable |
| Adjectives | solid | characterized by good substantial quality |
| solid | meriting respect or esteem | |
| solid | of a substantial character and not frivolous or superficial | |
| solid | financially sound | |
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