Insoluble
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adjective.
That cannot be dissolved.
adjective.
Difficult or impossible to solve or explain; insolvable.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
That cannot be loosed or undone.
Not soluble; incapable of being dissolved.
Incapable of being solved or explained; not susceptible of solution or explanation.
noun.
A thing which is insoluble; a problem that cannot be solved.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
Not soluble; in capable or difficult of being dissolved, as by a liquid.
adjective.
Not to be solved or explained; insolvable.
adjective.
Strong.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adjective.
that cannot be
dissolved
adjective.
that cannot be
solved
;
insolvable
adjective.
that cannot be
explained
;
mysterious
or
inexplicable
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adjective.
admitting of no solution or explanation
adjective.
(of a substance) incapable of being dissolved
adjective.
without hope of solution
Word Usage
"The insoluble form or gun-cotton is entirely _insoluble_ in nitro-glycerine."
Antonyms
Words with the opposite meaning
en
explicable
l
soluble
solvable
Equivalent
hopeless
insolvable
non-water-soluble
unresolvable
unsoluble
Etymologically Related
insolubility
insolubly
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
soluble
voluble
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
alkaline
crystalline
gaseous
impassable
impenetrable
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
Strong
coherent
cohesive
enwrapped in mystery
impartible