| Main Entry: | fluid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | liquid |
Synonyms: |
aqueous, flowing, fluent, in solution, juicy, liquefied, lymphatic, melted, molten, running, runny, serous, uncongealed, watery |
| Notes: | fluids include liquids and gases; a liquid is a fluid with a fixed volume, and a gas is a fluid that can expand indefinitely liquid is a substance that flows and takes on the form of its container; a fluid - substance with no fixed shape and yields easily to external pressure - can be a liquid but it can also be a gas |
Antonyms: |
solid |
| Main Entry: | fluid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adaptable, changeable |
Synonyms: |
adjustable, changeful, flexible, floating, fluctuating, indefinite, malleable, mercurial, mobile, mutable, protean, shifting, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable |
Antonyms: |
inflexible, stable, unchangeable |
| Main Entry: | changeable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | erratic |
Synonyms: |
agitated, capricious, changeful, commutative, convertible, fickle, fitful, flighty, fluctuating, fluid, impulsive, inconstant, indecisive, irregular, irresolute, irresponsible, kaleidoscopic, mercurial, mobile, movable, mutable, permutable, protean, restless, reversible, revocable, shifting, skittish, spasmodic, transformable, transitional, uncertain, unpredictable, unreliable, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, vagrant, variable, variant, varying, versatile, volatile, wavering, whimsical |
Antonyms: |
certain, changeless, constant, fixed, lasting, reliable, stable, steady, sure, unchangeable, undeviating |
| Main Entry: | flowing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gushing, abounding |
Synonyms: |
brimming, continuous, cursive, easy, falling, flooded, fluent, fluid, fluidic, full, issuing, liquefied, liquid, overrun, pouring out, prolific, rich, rippling, rolling, running, rushing, sinuous, smooth, spouting, streaming, sweeping, teeming, tidal, unbroken, uninterrupted |
Antonyms: |
trickling |
| Main Entry: | liquid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | readily available |
Synonyms: |
convertible, fluid, free, marketable, negotiable, quick, ready, realizable, usable |
| Notes: | fluids include liquids and gases; a liquid is a fluid with a fixed volume, and a gas is a fluid that can expand indefinitely liquid is a substance that flows and takes on the form of its container; a fluid - substance with no fixed shape and yields easily to external pressure - can be a liquid but it can also be a gas |
Antonyms: |
frozen, unavailable |
| Main Entry: | mellifluous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | smooth and sweet sounding |
Synonyms: |
agreeable, dulcet, euphonic, fluid, harmonic, honeyed, mellifluent, mellow, pleasing, resonant, songful, soothing, symphonious, tuned, tuneful |
| Main Entry: | mobile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | movable, travelling |
Synonyms: |
adaptable, ambulatory, changeable, fluid, free, itinerant, liquid, locomotive, loose, migrant, migratory, motile, motorized, moving, mutable, nomadic, peripatetic, portable, roaming, roving, unsettled, unstable, unstationary, unsteadfast, unsteady, versatile, wandering |
Antonyms: |
fixed, immobile, stable, stationary, unmovable |
| Main Entry: | smooth |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | level, unwrinkled; flowing |
Synonyms: |
bland, continuous, creamy, easy, effortless, equable, even, flat, fluent, fluid, flush, frictionless, gentle, glassy, glossy, hairless, horizontal, invariable, lustrous, mild, mirrorlike, monotonous, peaceful, plain, planate, plane, polished, quiet, regular, rhythmic, rippleless, serene, shaven, shiny, silky, sleek, soft, soothing, stable, steady, still, tranquil, unbroken, undeviating, undisturbed, uneventful, uniform, uninterrupted, unruffled, untroubled, unvarying, velvety |
Antonyms: |
broken, coarse, intermittent, irregular, rough, uneven, wrinkled |
| Main Entry: | soft |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cushioned, squishy |
Synonyms: |
bendable, comfortable, comfy, cottony, cozy, creamy, cushiony, cushy, delicate, doughy, downy, ductile, easeful, easy, elastic, feathery, fine, flabby, fleecy, fleshy, flexible, flimsy, flocculent, flowing, fluffy, fluid, formless, furry, gelatinous, impressible, limp, malleable, moldable, mushy, pappy, pithy, plastic, pliable, pulpy, quaggy, rounded, satiny, silken, silky, smooth, snug, spongy, squashy, supple, thin, velvety, yielding |
Antonyms: |
hard, rigid, unyielding |
| Main Entry: | unsettled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bothered, upset |
Synonyms: |
active, agitated, antsy*, anxious, busy, changeable, changeful, changing, complex, complicated, confused, disorderly, disturbed, explosive, fidgety, fluid, flustered, inconstant, insecure, kinetic, mobile, mutable, on edge, perilous, perturbed, precarious, rattled, restive, restless, shaken, shaky, shifting, shook up, tense, thrown, ticklish, troubled, unbalanced, uncertain, uneasy, unnerved, unpeaceful, unpredictable, unquiet, unrestful, unstable, unsteady, variable, wavering, wobbling |
Antonyms: |
calmed, content, happy, settled |