soluble

sol·u·ble

adj \ˈsäl-yə-bəl\

Definition of SOLUBLE

1

: susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water

2

: subject to being solved or explained <soluble questions>

Examples of SOLUBLE

1. Sugar is soluble in water.
2. <one murder case that proved to be soluble after all>

Origin of SOLUBLE

Middle English, from Anglo-French, digestible, laxative, from Late Latin solubilis, from Latin solvere to loosen, dissolve — more at solve

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to SOLUBLE

Synonyms: answerable, explainable, explicable, resolvable, solvable

Antonyms: hopeless, inexplicable, insoluble, insolvable, unexplainable, unresolvable, unsolvable

Related Words: analyzable, decipherable; feasible, workable

Near Antonyms: difficult, inextricable, knotty; impossible, insuperable; absurd, fantastic (also fantastical), outlandish, preposterous, ridiculous

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Other Chemical Engineering Terms

alkali, cation, decant, hygroscopic, isotope, oxidize, slurry, solute, viscous

Rhymes with SOLUBLE

voluble