adj · noun · 19 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈlɪk.wɪd/
[ˈlɪk.wɪd]
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rhymes with -ɪkwɪd
CMU ARPABET:L IH1 K W AH0 D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:L IH1 K W IH0 D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
the liquid air
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: approximant, consonant
9
adjective
Meaning 9
changed from a solid to a liquid state
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
rivers filled to overflowing by melted snow
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: melted, liquified
Antonyms: none provided
10
adjective
Meaning 10
existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
water and milk and blood are liquid substances
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: solid, gaseous
11
adjective satellite
Meaning 11
clear and bright
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the liquid air of a spring morning
eyes shining with a liquid luster
limpid blue eyes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: limpid
Antonyms: none provided
12
adjective satellite
Meaning 12
in cash or easily convertible to cash
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
liquid (or fluid) assets
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fluid
Antonyms: none provided
13
adjective satellite
Meaning 13
smooth and unconstrained in movement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a long, smooth stride
the fluid motion of a cat
the liquid grace of a ballerina
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fluent, fluid, smooth
Antonyms: none provided
14
adjective satellite
Meaning 14
smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the liquid song of a robin
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
15
adjective satellite
Meaning 15
filled or brimming with tears
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
swimming eyes
sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: swimming
Antonyms: none provided
16
noun
Meaning 16
a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially `l' and `r')
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: consonant
17
noun
Meaning 17
the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: liquidness, liquidity, liquid state
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: state of matter, state
18
noun
Meaning 18
fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wleykw- Proto-Indo-European *wlikw-éh1-ye-ti Proto-Italic *wlikwēō Latin liqueō Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin liquidusbor. Old French liquidebor. Middle English liquide English liquid From Middle English liquide, from Old French liquide, from Latin liquidus (“fluid, liquid, moist”), from liqueō (“to be liquid, be fluid”). Doublet of liquidus. As a term for a consonant, it comes from Latin liquida (cōnsōnāns), a calque of Ancient Greek ὑγρὸν (σύμφωνον) (hugròn (súmphōnon), “liquid consonant”).
Across languages
Translations
241 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
vloeibaar
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Albanian:
lëng
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Armenian:
հեղուկ
(heġuk)
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Asturian:
líquidu
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Azerbaijani:
sıyıq
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Bashkir:
шыйыҡ
(şıyıq)
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Belarusian:
ва́дкі
(vádki)
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Bulgarian:
те́чен
(téčen)
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Catalan:
líquid
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Chinese Mandarin:
液體 /液体
(yètǐ)
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Chinese Mandarin:
液態 /液态
(yètài)
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Crimean Tatar:
şingen
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Czech:
tekutý
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Czech:
kapalný
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Danish:
flydende
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Dutch:
vloeibaar
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Esperanto:
likva
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Estonian:
vedel
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Finnish:
nestemäinen
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Finnish:
neste-
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
French:
liquide
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Galician:
líquido
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Georgian:
თხევადი
(txevadi)
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
German:
flüssig
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Greek:
υγρός
(ygrós)
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Ancient Greek:
ῥυτός
(rhutós)
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Haitian Creole:
likid
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Hebrew:
נוזלי
(nozlí)
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Hindi:
द्रव
(drav)
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Hindi:
तरल
(taral)
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Hungarian:
folyékony
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Icelandic:
fljótandi
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Indonesian:
cair
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Interlingua:
liquide
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Irish:
leachtach
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Italian:
liquido
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Ladin:
luter
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Latgalian:
škeists
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Latvian:
šķidrs
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Lithuanian:
skystas
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Malay:
cair
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Manx:
so-eaysley
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Middle English:
liquide
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Mongolian:
шингэн
(šingen)
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Norwegian:
flytende
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Occitan:
liquid
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Plautdietsch:
flissent
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Polish:
ciekły
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Polish:
płynny
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Portuguese:
líquido
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Punjabi:
ਤਰਲ
(taral)
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Romanian:
lichid
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Russian:
жи́дкий
(žídkij)
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Serbo-Croatian:
тѐкӯћӣ
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Serbo-Croatian:
жидак
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Serbo-Croatian:
tèkūćī
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Serbo-Croatian:
žȉdak
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Slovak:
tekutý
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Slovene:
tekoč
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Spanish:
líquido
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Swahili:
majimaji
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Swedish:
flytande
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Tagalog:
likido
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Thai:
เหลว
(lěeo)
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Turkish:
sıvı
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Ukrainian:
рідки́й
(ridkýj)
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Vietnamese:
nước
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Vietnamese:
lỏng
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Welsh:
hylif
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Welsh:
hylifol
— fluid; not solid and not gaseous
Albanian:
rrjedhshëm
— (of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Armenian:
լիկվիդային
(likvidayin)
— (of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Armenian:
իրացվելի
(iracʻveli)
— (of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Asturian:
líquidu
— (of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Bulgarian:
ликви́ден
(likvíden)
— (of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Catalan:
líquid
— (of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Czech:
likvidní
— (of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Estonian:
likviidne
— (of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Finnish:
likvidi
— (of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
French:
liquide
— (of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Galician:
líquido
— (of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
German:
disponibel
— (of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Hebrew:
נזיל
(nazil)
— (of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Hungarian:
likvid
— (of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Icelandic:
handbær
— (of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Latvian:
likvīds
— (of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Lithuanian:
likvidus
— (of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Norwegian:
likvid
— (of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Polish:
płynny
— (of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Portuguese:
líquido
— (of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Romanian:
lichid
— (of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Russian:
ликви́дный
(likvídnyj)
— (of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Serbo-Croatian:
ли̏квӣдан
— (of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Serbo-Croatian:
lȉkvīdan
— (of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Slovak:
likvidné
— (of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Slovene:
likviden
— (of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Spanish:
líquido
— (of an asset) easily sold or disposed of
Armenian:
իրացվելի
(iracʻveli)
— (of a market) having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy
Estonian:
likviidne
— (of a market) having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy
Finnish:
likvidi
— (of a market) having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy
Icelandic:
greiðslufær
— (of a market) having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy
Polish:
płynny
— (of a market) having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy
Portuguese:
líquido
— (of a market) having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy
Serbo-Croatian:
lȉkvīdan
— (of a market) having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy
Slovene:
likviden
— (of a market) having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy
Afrikaans:
vloeistof
— substance that is liquid
Albanian:
lëng
— substance that is liquid
Arabic:
سَائِل
(sāʔil)
— substance that is liquid
Arabic:
مَائِع
(māʔiʕ)
— substance that is liquid
Arabic:
سايل
(sāyil)
— substance that is liquid
Arabic:
مايع
(māyiʕ)
— substance that is liquid
Armenian:
հեղուկ
(heġuk)
— substance that is liquid
Assamese:
পনীয়া
(ponia)
— substance that is liquid
Assamese:
জুলীয়া
(zulia)
— substance that is liquid
Asturian:
líquidu
— substance that is liquid
Azerbaijani:
maye
— substance that is liquid
Azerbaijani:
sızağan
— substance that is liquid
Azerbaijani:
cuyuq
— substance that is liquid
Bashkir:
шыйыҡса
(şıyıqsa)
— substance that is liquid
Basque:
likido
— substance that is liquid
Basque:
isurkari
— substance that is liquid
Belarusian:
ва́дкасць
(vádkascʹ)
— substance that is liquid
Bengali:
তরল
(torol)
— substance that is liquid
Bulgarian:
те́чност
(téčnost)
— substance that is liquid
Burmese:
အရည်
(a.rany)
— substance that is liquid
Capanahua:
jene
— substance that is liquid
Catalan:
líquid
— substance that is liquid
Chichewa:
madzimadzi
— substance that is liquid
Chinese Cantonese:
液體 /液体
(jik6 tai2)
— substance that is liquid
Chinese Cantonese:
液態 /液态
(jik6 taai3)
— substance that is liquid
Chinese:
液體 /液体
(zh-min-nan)
— substance that is liquid
Chinese Mandarin:
液體 /液体
(yètǐ)
— substance that is liquid
Chinese Mandarin:
液態 /液态
(yètài)
— substance that is liquid
Crimean Tatar:
şingenlik
— substance that is liquid
Czech:
kapalina
— substance that is liquid
Czech:
tekutina
— substance that is liquid
Danish:
væske
— substance that is liquid
Duala:
madíbádíbá class 6
— substance that is liquid
Dutch:
vloeistof
— substance that is liquid
Egyptian:
r:Dw-w-Aa2:H_SPACE
(rḏw)
— substance that is liquid
Esperanto:
likvaĵo
— substance that is liquid
Esperanto:
likvo
— substance that is liquid
Estonian:
vedelik
— substance that is liquid
Finnish:
neste
— substance that is liquid
French:
liquide
— substance that is liquid
Galician:
líquido
— substance that is liquid
Georgian:
სითხე
(sitxe)
— substance that is liquid
German:
Flüssigkeit
— substance that is liquid
Greek:
υγρό
(ygró)
— substance that is liquid
Hebrew:
נוֹזֵל
(nozél)
— substance that is liquid
Hindi:
द्रव
(drav)
— substance that is liquid
Hindi:
तरल
(taral)
— substance that is liquid
Hungarian:
folyadék
— substance that is liquid
Hungarian:
lé
— substance that is liquid
Icelandic:
vökvi
— substance that is liquid
Indonesian:
cairan
— substance that is liquid
Ingrian:
nesse
— substance that is liquid
Irish:
leacht
— substance that is liquid
Italian:
liquido
— substance that is liquid
Japanese:
液体
(ekitai)
— substance that is liquid
Japanese:
流体
(ryūtai)
— substance that is liquid
Japanese:
リキッド
(rikiddo)
— substance that is liquid
Kazakh:
сұйықтық
(sūiyqtyq)
— substance that is liquid
Khmer:
រាវ
(riəw)
— substance that is liquid
Korean:
액체
(aekche)
— substance that is liquid
Northern Kurdish:
şile
— substance that is liquid
Kyrgyz:
суюктук
(suyuktuk)
— substance that is liquid
Lao:
ທາດແຫຼວ
(thāt hrǣu)
— substance that is liquid
Latin:
liquidus
— substance that is liquid
Latin:
latex
— substance that is liquid
Latvian:
šķidrums
— substance that is liquid
Lithuanian:
skystis
— substance that is liquid
Macedonian:
течност
(tečnost)
— substance that is liquid
Malay:
cecair
— substance that is liquid
Malay:
cairan
— substance that is liquid
Malayalam:
ദ്രാവകം
(drāvakaṁ)
— substance that is liquid
Middle English:
licour
— substance that is liquid
Mohawk:
ohné꞉ka
— substance that is liquid
Mongolian:
шингэн
(šingen)
— substance that is liquid
Norman:
litchide
— substance that is liquid
Norwegian Bokmål:
væske
— substance that is liquid
Norwegian Nynorsk:
væske
— substance that is liquid
Occitan:
liquid
— substance that is liquid
Old English:
wæt
— substance that is liquid
Pashto:
مايع
(māyé')
— substance that is liquid
Pashto:
چیستکی
(čistakáy)
— substance that is liquid
Persian:
مایع
(mâye')
— substance that is liquid
Persian:
آبگونه
(âbgune)
— substance that is liquid
Polish:
ciecz
— substance that is liquid
Portuguese:
líquido
— substance that is liquid
Romanian:
lichid
— substance that is liquid
Russian:
жи́дкость
(žídkostʹ)
— substance that is liquid
Scottish Gaelic:
lionn
— substance that is liquid
Scottish Gaelic:
sùgh
— substance that is liquid
Serbo-Croatian:
те̏чно̄ст
— substance that is liquid
Serbo-Croatian:
tekùćina
— substance that is liquid
Serbo-Croatian:
tȅčnōst
— substance that is liquid
Sinhalese:
දියරය
(diyaraya)
— substance that is liquid
Slovak:
tekutina
— substance that is liquid
Slovak:
kvapalina
— substance that is liquid
Slovene:
tekočina
— substance that is liquid
Spanish:
líquido
— substance that is liquid
Swahili:
majimaji
— substance that is liquid
Swedish:
vätska
— substance that is liquid
Tagalog:
likido
— substance that is liquid
Tajik:
моеъ
(moye')
— substance that is liquid
Thai:
ของเหลว
(kɔ̌ɔng-lěeo)
— substance that is liquid
Turkish:
sıvı
— substance that is liquid
Turkish:
likit
— substance that is liquid
Turkmen:
suwuklyk
— substance that is liquid
Ukrainian:
рідина́
(ridyná)
— substance that is liquid
Urdu:
مائع
(mā'i')
— substance that is liquid
Uyghur:
سۇيۇقلۇق
(suyuqluq)
— substance that is liquid