liquid

1. 1.

   a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure

   Broaderfluid

   Narrowerbeveragewatersupernatantalcoholammonia waterantifreezedistillatepyroligneous acidmediumink
2. 2.

   the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility

   Synonymsliquidnessliquidityliquid state

   Broaderstate of matter
3. 3.

   fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume

   Broaderfluid

   Narrowerartificial bloodelixirwaterextravasationinstillationliquid crystalspilltuberculin
4. 4.

   a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially `l' and `r')

   Broaderconsonant

Other forms of liquid

plural

liquids·

comparative

liquider·

superlative

liquidest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about liquid

What does liquid mean?

liquid means "existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow". That is the primary sense; the word has 11 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in liquid?

liquid has 2 syllables: liq-uid. The stress falls on "liq". In IPA it is /ˈlɪkwəd/.

What is another word for liquid?

Close synonyms include swimming, limpid, melted, liquified, fluent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of liquid?

The recorded antonyms are gaseous, solid.

Is liquid a common word?

liquid is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.