Thesaurus: soluble

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1. a. Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of solution; as, some substances are soluble in alcohol which are not soluble in water.
2. a. Susceptible of being solved; as, a soluble algebraic problem; susceptible of being disentangled, unraveled, or explained; as, the mystery is perhaps soluble.
3. a. Relaxed; open or readily opened.
4. adj. (of a substance) capable of being dissolved in some solvent (usually water)
5. adj. susceptible of solution or of being solved or explained
6. 1. Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of solution; as, some substances are soluble in alcohol which are not soluble in water. Sugar is . . . soluble in water and fusible in fire. Arbuthnot. 2. Susceptible of being solved; as, a soluble algebraic problem; susceptible of being disentangled, unraveled, or explained; as, the mystery is perhaps soluble. "More soluble is this knot." Tennyson. 3. Relaxed; open or readily opened. [R.] "The bowels must be kept soluble." Dunglison. Soluble glass. (Chem.) See under Glass.
7. j:100 a. (of a substance) capable of being dissolved in some solvent (usually water) a. susceptible of solution or of being solved or explained