solidness

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noun

The state or quality of being solid.

“When something melts it loses its solidness and becomes a liquid.”

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soliditysolidsolid statesubstantialitysubstantialness
OriginEnglish solid ← Middle English solide ← Old French solide →
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Meanings

nounsolidness (usually uncountable, plural solidnesses)

plural solidnesses

  1. uncountableusuallyThe state or quality of being solid.

    When something melts it loses its solidness and becomes a liquid.

    Synonyms: solidity

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe state or quality of being solid.

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solidity

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe 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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solidsolid state
Broader
state of matterstate

nounthe consistency of a solid

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solidity
Broader
consistencyconsistencesubstance

nounthe quality of being substantial or having substance

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substantialitysubstantialness
Broader
materialityphysicalnesscorporeality

nounthe quality of being solid and reliable financially or factually or morally

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solidity
Broader
dependabilitydependablenessreliability
Also see
solidsoliditysubstantialitysubstantialness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinsolidus
  2. Old Frenchsolide
  3. Middle Englishsolide
  4. Englishsolid
  5. Englishsolidness

From solid + -ness.

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Cite this entry
APA

solidness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/solidness

MLA

“solidness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/solidness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “solidness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/solidness.

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