Noun
- 1. liquid, fluid
- usage: a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure
- 2. liquid, liquidness, liquidity, liquid state, state of matter, state
- usage: the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
- 3. liquid, fluid
- usage: fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
- 4. liquid, consonant
- usage: a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially `l' and `r')
Adjective
- 1. liquid (vs. gaseous) (vs. solid), fluid, runny, liquefiable, liquifiable, liquefied, liquified, semiliquid, watery
- usage: existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow; "water and milk and blood are liquid substances"
- 2. liquid, swimming, tearful (vs. tearless)
- usage: filled or brimming with tears; "swimming eyes"; "sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid"
- 3. liquid, limpid, clear (vs. opaque)
- usage: clear and bright; "the liquid air of a spring morning"; "eyes shining with a liquid luster"; "limpid blue eyes"
- 4. melted (vs. unmelted), liquid, liquified, dissolved, fusible, molten, liquefied, liquified, thawed, unfrozen
- usage: changed from a solid to a liquid state; "rivers filled to overflowing by melted snow"
- 5. liquid, musical (vs. unmusical)
- usage: smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness; "the liquid song of a robin"
- 6. fluent, fluid, liquid, smooth, graceful (vs. awkward)
- usage: smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"
- 7. fluid, liquid, disposable (vs. nondisposable)
- usage: in cash or easily convertible to cash; "liquid (or fluid) assets"
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