Meanings
comparative more soluble · superlative most soluble
- chemistryAble to be dissolved.
Sugar is soluble in water.
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The new fulminate consists of a mixture of chlorate of potash, with the prussiates, soluble or unsoluble, the hyposulphites, the hypophosphites, the phosphides, the amorphous phosphorus, alone or combined.
1867, Edmund Ronalds, Thomas Richardson, Chemical Technology, page 696Synonyms: dissolvable, dissoluble · Antonyms: insoluble
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adjective(of a substance) capable of being dissolved in some solvent (usually water)
adjectivesusceptible of solution or of being solved or explained
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinsolvere“to loosen”
- Late Latinsolūbilis
- Old Frenchsoluble
- Middle Englishsoluble
- Englishsoluble
From Middle English soluble, from Old French soluble, from Late Latin solūbilis, from Latin solvere (“to loosen”) + -bilis. Piecewise doublet of solvable.
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Bulgarian разтворим, решим
- разтворим (raztvorim)able to be dissolved
- решим (rešim)able to be solved or explained
Catalan soluble, soluble
- solubleable to be dissolved
- solubleable to be solved or explained
Czech rozpustný
- rozpustnýable to be dissolved
Danish opløselig, løselig
- opløseligable to be dissolved
- løseligable to be solved or explained
Finnish liukeneva, ratkaistavissa oleva
- liukenevaable to be dissolved
- ratkaistavissa olevaable to be solved or explained
French soluble
- solubleable to be dissolved
German löslich, lösbar
- löslichable to be dissolved
- lösbarable to be solved or explained
Greek διαλυτός
- διαλυτός (dialytós)able to be dissolved
Hungarian oldható, oldódik
- oldhatóable to be dissolved
- oldódikable to be dissolved
Italian solubile
- solubileable to be dissolved
Japanese 溶ける, 溶かせる
- 溶ける (tokeru)able to be dissolved
- 溶かせる (tokeseru)able to be dissolved
- 解ける (tokeru)able to be solved or explained
Māori mehameha
- mehamehaable to be dissolved
Norwegian Bokmål oppløselig
- oppløseligable to be dissolved
Persian حلشدنی, حلپذیر
- حلشدنی (hal-šodani)able to be dissolved
- حلپذیر (halpazir)able to be dissolved
- حلشدنی (hal-šodani)able to be solved or explained
Polish rozpuszczalny, rozwiązywalny
- rozpuszczalnyable to be dissolved
- rozwiązywalnyable to be solved or explained
- rozwiązalnyable to be solved or explained
Portuguese solúvel, solúvel
- solúvelable to be dissolved
- solúvelable to be solved or explained
Russian раствори́мый, разреши́мый
- раствори́мый (rastvorímyj)able to be dissolved
- разреши́мый (razrešímyj)able to be solved or explained
Spanish soluble, soluble
- solubleable to be dissolved
- solubleable to be solved or explained
Swedish löslig, lösbar
- lösligable to be dissolved
- lösbarable to be solved or explained
Tagalog lusawin
- lusawinable to be dissolved
Ukrainian розчинний
- розчинний (rozčynnyj)able to be dissolved
Welsh hydawdd
- hydawddable to be dissolved
Cite this entry
soluble. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soluble
“soluble.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soluble. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soluble,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soluble.
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