solidity

B2
US /səˈlɪdɪti/
noun Freq #70369

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

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

    The solidity of the evidence worked in my favor.

  2. 2
    noun

    The state or quality of being solid.

    If colours, sounds, tastes, and smells be merely perceptions, nothing we can conceive is possest of a real, continu'd, and independent existence; not even motion, extension and solidity, which are the primary qualities chiefly insisted on.

  3. 3
    noun

    the consistency of a solid

  4. 4
    noun

    state of having the interior filled with matter

  5. 5
    noun

    Moral firmness; validity; truth; certainty.

  6. 6
    noun

    The solid contents of a body; volume; amount of enclosed space.

Etymology

From solid + -ity, from Middle French solidité, from Latin soliditās.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · the quality of being solid... solidness
3 noun · the consistency of a solid solidness
More compactnessconsistencydensityfullnesshardnessmassivenesssoundnessstrength
Opposites
fluidityhollownessinstabilityopennessweakness
Word family
Derived forms insoliditysemisoliditysupersolidityunsolidity

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