Meanings
plural liquidities
- countableuncountablebusinessThe degree of which something is in high supply and demand, making it easily convertible to cash.
Antonyms: illiquidity, nonliquidity
- countableeconomicsAn asset's property of being able to be sold without affecting its value; the degree to which it can be easily converted into cash.
Some stocks are traded so rarely that they lack liquidity.
Antonyms: illiquidity, nonliquidity
- countableuncountablebusinessAvailability of cash over short term: ability to service short-term debt.
This is often phrased in terms of whether they are facing liquidity or solvency problems; but I think it’s better phrased in terms of the possibility of self-fulfilling crises, a la Obstfeld.
2011 July 8, Paul Krugman, “A Self-Fulfilling Euro Crisis? (Wonkish)”, in The New York TimesAntonyms: illiquidity, nonliquidity
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state or property of being liquid.
nounThe degree of which something is in high supply and demand, making it easily convertible to cash.
nounAn asset's property of being able to be sold without affecting its value; the degree to which it can be easily converted into cash.
nounAvailability of cash over short term: ability to service short-term debt.
More synonyms by meaning
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
- Latinliquiditas
- Englishliquidity
From liquid + -ity, from Latin liquiditas. In their financial and economic senses, this and various associated terms all involve portraying assets figuratively as if they were liquids and solids, dissolving the solids with solvents, freezing and thawing, and so on.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian течно състояние, ликви́дност
- течно състояние (tečno săstojanie)state of being liquid
- ликви́дност (likvídnost)property of being able to be easily converted into cash
- ликви́дност (likvídnost)finance: availability of cash over short term
Catalan liquiditat, liquiditat
- liquiditatstate of being liquid
- liquiditatproperty of being able to be easily converted into cash
Chinese Mandarin 流動性 /流动性
- 流動性 /流动性 (liúdòngxìng)property of being able to be easily converted into cash
Czech tekutost, likvidita
- tekutoststate of being liquid
- likviditaproperty of being able to be easily converted into cash
- likviditafinance: availability of cash over short term
Danish likviditet
- likviditetproperty of being able to be easily converted into cash
Esperanto likvidebleco
- likvideblecoproperty of being able to be easily converted into cash
Finnish nestemäisyys, likvidiys
- nestemäisyysstate of being liquid
- likvidiysstate of being liquid
- likvidiysproperty of being able to be easily converted into cash
- maksuvalmiusfinance: availability of cash over short term
- likviditeettifinance: availability of cash over short term
German Flüssigsein, Liquidität
- Flüssigseinstate of being liquid
- Liquiditätproperty of being able to be easily converted into cash
- Verfügbarkeitproperty of being able to be easily converted into cash
- Zahlungsbereitschaftfinance: availability of cash over short term
Greek ρευστότητα, ρευστότητα
- ρευστότητα (refstótita)state of being liquid
- ρευστότητα (refstótita)property of being able to be easily converted into cash
- ρευστότητα (refstótita)finance: availability of cash over short term
Indonesian likuiditas, likuiditas
- likuiditasstate of being liquid
- likuiditasfinance: availability of cash over short term
Irish leachtacht, leachtacht
- leachtachtstate of being liquid
- leachtachtproperty of being able to be easily converted into cash
- leachtachtfinance: availability of cash over short term
Italian liquidità, liquidità
- liquiditàproperty of being able to be easily converted into cash
- liquiditàfinance: availability of cash over short term
Japanese 流動性
- 流動性 (ryūdōsei)property of being able to be easily converted into cash
Korean 환금성
- 환금성 (hwan'geumseong)property of being able to be easily converted into cash
Latin liquiditas
- liquiditasproperty of being able to be easily converted into cash
Polish płynność, płynność
- płynnośćstate of being liquid
- płynnośćproperty of being able to be easily converted into cash
- płynnośćfinance: availability of cash over short term
Portuguese liquidez
- liquidezstate of being liquid
Romanian lichiditate
- lichiditatestate of being liquid
Russian ликви́дность, ликви́дность
- ликви́дность (likvídnostʹ)property of being able to be easily converted into cash
- ликви́дность (likvídnostʹ)finance: availability of cash over short term
Spanish liquidez
- liquidezstate of being liquid
Swedish flytande tillstånd, likviditet
- flytande tillståndstate of being liquid
- likviditetproperty of being able to be easily converted into cash
- likviditetfinance: availability of cash over short term
Tagalog pagka-danum
- pagka-danumstate of being liquid
Cite this entry
liquidity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/liquidity
“liquidity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/liquidity. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “liquidity,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/liquidity.
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