Meanings
plural liquids
- countablephysicaluncountablechemistryA substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.
A liquid can freeze to become a solid or evaporate into a gas.
1 more example
The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.[…]It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led to a shortage of whale blubber. Other liquids produced in the refining process, too unstable or smoky for lamplight, were burned or dumped.
2013 August 3, “Yesterday’s fuel”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847 - countableuncountablehuman sciencesAny of a class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.
[…]-able does not attach to verbs ending in a postconsonantal liquid […]
1999, Ingo Plag, Morphological Productivity, page 861 more example
Many female forenames are regarded as euphonyms. What is and is not euphonious is necessarily subjective, but it could be suggested that names containing labials (b, m), sibilants (s, sh) and liquids (l, r) are more likely to be euphonyms than those that do not.
1996, Adrian Room, An Alphabetical Guide to the Language of Name Studies, page 41
comparative more liquid · superlative most liquid
- businessEasily sold or disposed of without losing value.
- businessHaving sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy.
- Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.
a liquid melody
- human sciencesBelonging to a class of consonants comprising the laterals and the rhotics, which in many languages behave similarly.
/l/ and /r/ are liquid consonants.
- Fluid and transparent.
the liquid air
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveFlowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.
antonym(s) of “easily sold”
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveexisting as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow
adjectivechanged from a solid to a liquid state
adjectivesmooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness
adjectivein cash or easily convertible to cash
nounthe state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*wleykʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*wlikʷéh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*(w)likʷēō
- Latinliqueō
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Latinliquidu
- Old Frenchliquide
- Middle Englishliquide
- Englishliquid
From Middle English liquide, from Old French liquide, from Latin liquidus (“fluid, liquid, moist”), from liqueō (“to be liquid, be fluid”). Doublet of liquidus. As a term for a consonant, it comes from Latin liquida (cōnsōnāns), a calque of Ancient Greek ὑγρὸν (σύμφωνον) (hugròn (súmphōnon), “liquid consonant”).
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans vloeistof, vloeibaar
- vloeistofsubstance that is liquid
- vloeibaarfluid; not solid and not gaseous
Ancient Greek ῥυτός
- ῥυτός (rhutós)fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Arabic سَائِل, مَائِع
- سَائِل (sāʔil)substance that is liquid
- مَائِع (māʔiʕ)substance that is liquid
Basque likido, isurkari
- likidosubstance that is liquid
- isurkarisubstance that is liquid
Bengali তরল
- তরল (torol)substance that is liquid
Bulgarian те́чност, те́чен
- те́чност (téčnost)substance that is liquid
- те́чен (téčen)fluid; not solid and not gaseous
- ликви́ден (likvíden)(of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Catalan líquid, líquid
- líquidsubstance that is liquid
- líquidfluid; not solid and not gaseous
- líquid(of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Chinese Cantonese 液體 /液体, 液態 /液态
- 液體 /液体 (jik⁶ tai²)substance that is liquid
- 液態 /液态 (jik⁶ taai³)substance that is liquid
Chinese Mandarin 液體 /液体, 液態 /液态
- 液體 /液体 (yètǐ)substance that is liquid
- 液態 /液态 (yètài)substance that is liquid
- 液體 /液体 (yètǐ)fluid; not solid and not gaseous
- 液態 /液态 (yètài)fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Czech kapalina, tekutina
- kapalinasubstance that is liquid
- tekutinasubstance that is liquid
- tekutýfluid; not solid and not gaseous
- kapalnýfluid; not solid and not gaseous
- likvidní(of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Danish væske, flydende
- væskesubstance that is liquid
- flydendefluid; not solid and not gaseous
Dutch vloeistof, vloeiklank
- vloeistofsubstance that is liquid
- vloeiklanksound
- vloeibaarfluid; not solid and not gaseous
Esperanto likvaĵo, likvo
- likvaĵosubstance that is liquid
- likvosubstance that is liquid
- likvafluid; not solid and not gaseous
Estonian vedelik, vedel
- vedeliksubstance that is liquid
- vedelfluid; not solid and not gaseous
- likviidne(of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
- likviidne(of a market) having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy
Finnish neste, likvida
- nestesubstance that is liquid
- likvidasound
- nestemäinenfluid; not solid and not gaseous
- neste-fluid; not solid and not gaseous
- likvidi(of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
- likvidi(of a market) having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy
French liquide, liquide
- liquidesubstance that is liquid
- liquidesound
- liquidefluid; not solid and not gaseous
- liquide(of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
German Flüssigkeit, Fließlaut
- Flüssigkeitsubstance that is liquid
- Fließlautsound
- Liquidasound
- Liquidsound
- flüssigfluid; not solid and not gaseous
- disponibel(of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Greek υγρό, υγρός
- υγρό (ygró)substance that is liquid
- υγρός (ygrós)fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Hebrew נוֹזֵל, נוזלי
- נוֹזֵל (nozél)substance that is liquid
- נוזלי (nozlí)fluid; not solid and not gaseous
- נזיל (nazil)(of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Hindi द्रव, तरल
- द्रव (drav)substance that is liquid
- तरल (taral)substance that is liquid
- द्रव (drav)fluid; not solid and not gaseous
- तरल (taral)fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Hungarian folyadék, lé
- folyadéksubstance that is liquid
- lésubstance that is liquid
- folyékonyfluid; not solid and not gaseous
- likvid(of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Icelandic vökvi, mjúkhljóð
- vökvisubstance that is liquid
- mjúkhljóðsound
- fljótandifluid; not solid and not gaseous
- handbær(of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
- greiðslufær(of a market) having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy
Indonesian cairan, likuida
- cairansubstance that is liquid
- likuidasound
- cairfluid; not solid and not gaseous
Irish leacht, leachtach
- leachtsubstance that is liquid
- leachtachfluid; not solid and not gaseous
Italian liquido, liquida
- liquidosubstance that is liquid
- liquidasound
- liquidofluid; not solid and not gaseous
Japanese 液体, 流体
- 液体 (ekitai)substance that is liquid
- 流体 (ryūtai)substance that is liquid
- リキッド (rikiddo)substance that is liquid
Korean 액체
- 액체 (aekche)substance that is liquid
Latin liquidus, latex
- liquidussubstance that is liquid
- latexsubstance that is liquid
Latvian šķidrums, plūdenis
- šķidrumssubstance that is liquid
- plūdenissound
- šķidrsfluid; not solid and not gaseous
- likvīds(of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Lithuanian skystis, skystas
- skystissubstance that is liquid
- skystasfluid; not solid and not gaseous
- likvidus(of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Malay cecair, cairan
- cecairsubstance that is liquid
- cairansubstance that is liquid
- cairfluid; not solid and not gaseous
Norwegian flytende, likvid
- flytendefluid; not solid and not gaseous
- likvid(of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Norwegian Bokmål væske
- væskesubstance that is liquid
Persian مایع, آبگونه
- مایع (mâye')substance that is liquid
- آبگونه (âbgune)substance that is liquid
Polish ciecz, ciekły
- cieczsubstance that is liquid
- ciekłyfluid; not solid and not gaseous
- płynnyfluid; not solid and not gaseous
- płynny(of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
- płynny(of a market) having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy
Portuguese líquido, líquido
- líquidosubstance that is liquid
- líquidofluid; not solid and not gaseous
- líquido(of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
- líquido(of a market) having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy
Punjabi ਤਰਲ
- ਤਰਲ (taral)fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Romanian lichid, lichidă
- lichidsubstance that is liquid
- lichidăsound
- lichidfluid; not solid and not gaseous
- lichid(of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Russian жи́дкость, пла́вный звук
- жи́дкость (žídkostʹ)substance that is liquid
- пла́вный звук (plávnyj zvuk)sound
- жи́дкий (žídkij)fluid; not solid and not gaseous
- ликви́дный (likvídnyj)(of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Scottish Gaelic lionn, sùgh
- lionnsubstance that is liquid
- sùghsubstance that is liquid
Slovak tekutina, kvapalina
- tekutinasubstance that is liquid
- kvapalinasubstance that is liquid
- tekutýfluid; not solid and not gaseous
- likvidné(of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Spanish líquido, líquida
- líquidosubstance that is liquid
- líquidasound
- líquidofluid; not solid and not gaseous
- líquido(of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Swahili majimaji, majimaji
- majimajisubstance that is liquid
- majimajifluid; not solid and not gaseous
Swedish vätska, flytande
- vätskasubstance that is liquid
- flytandefluid; not solid and not gaseous
Tagalog likido, likido
- likidosubstance that is liquid
- likidofluid; not solid and not gaseous
Thai ของเหลว, พยัญชนะเหลว
- ของเหลว (kɔ̌ɔng-lěeo)substance that is liquid
- พยัญชนะเหลวsound
- เหลว (lěeo)fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Turkish sıvı, likit
- sıvısubstance that is liquid
- likitsubstance that is liquid
- sıvıfluid; not solid and not gaseous
Ukrainian рідина́, рідки́й
- рідина́ (ridyná)substance that is liquid
- рідки́й (ridkýj)fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Urdu مائع
- مائع (mā'i')substance that is liquid
Vietnamese nước, chất lỏng
- nướcsubstance that is liquid
- chất lỏngsubstance that is liquid
- nướcfluid; not solid and not gaseous
- lỏngfluid; not solid and not gaseous
Welsh hylif, toddyn
- hylifsubstance that is liquid
- toddynsound
- cytsain dawddsound
- hyliffluid; not solid and not gaseous
- hylifolfluid; not solid and not gaseous
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with liquid
All rhymes →Cite this entry
liquid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/liquid
“liquid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/liquid. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “liquid,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/liquid.
Source: liquid on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.