Standard Lemma guide

soluble

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɒljʊbəl/
  • General-American: /ˈsɑljəbəl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: S AA1 L Y AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Able to be dissolved.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Examples

  • Sugar is soluble in water.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dissolvable, dissoluble

Antonyms: insoluble

2

adj

Meaning 2

Able to be solved or explained.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • That mystery should be easily soluble.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: solvable

Antonyms: insoluble

3

adjective

Meaning 3

(of a substance) capable of being dissolved in some solvent (usually water)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: insoluble

4

adjective

Meaning 4

susceptible of solution or of being solved or explained

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the puzzle is soluble

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: insoluble

History

Etymology

From Middle English soluble, from Old French soluble, from Late Latin solūbilis, from Latin solvere (“to loosen”) + -bilis. Piecewise doublet of solvable.

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: разтворим (raztvorim) — able to be dissolved
  • Catalan: soluble — able to be dissolved
  • Czech: rozpustný — able to be dissolved
  • Danish: opløselig — able to be dissolved
  • Finnish: liukeneva — able to be dissolved
  • French: soluble — able to be dissolved
  • Galician: soluble — able to be dissolved
  • German: löslich — able to be dissolved
  • Greek: διαλυτός (dialytós) — able to be dissolved
  • Hungarian: oldható — able to be dissolved
  • Hungarian: oldódik — able to be dissolved
  • Italian: solubile — able to be dissolved
  • Japanese: 溶ける (tokeru) — able to be dissolved
  • Japanese: 溶かせる (tokeseru) — able to be dissolved
  • Māori: mehameha — able to be dissolved
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oppløselig — able to be dissolved
  • Persian: حلشدنی (hal-šodani) — able to be dissolved
  • Persian: حلپذیر (halpazir) — able to be dissolved
  • Polish: rozpuszczalny — able to be dissolved
  • Portuguese: solúvel — able to be dissolved
  • Russian: раствори́мый (rastvorímyj) — able to be dissolved
  • Spanish: soluble — able to be dissolved
  • Swedish: löslig — able to be dissolved
  • Tagalog: lusawin — able to be dissolved
  • Telugu: ద్రావణీయము (drāvaṇīyamu) — able to be dissolved
  • Ukrainian: розчинний (rozčynnyj) — able to be dissolved
  • Welsh: hydawdd — able to be dissolved
  • Bulgarian: решим (rešim) — able to be solved or explained
  • Catalan: soluble — able to be solved or explained
  • Danish: løselig — able to be solved or explained
  • Finnish: ratkaistavissa oleva — able to be solved or explained
  • German: lösbar — able to be solved or explained
  • Japanese: 解ける (tokeru) — able to be solved or explained
  • Persian: حلشدنی (hal-šodani) — able to be solved or explained
  • Polish: rozwiązywalny — able to be solved or explained
  • Polish: rozwiązalny — able to be solved or explained
  • Portuguese: solúvel — able to be solved or explained
  • Russian: разреши́мый (razrešímyj) — able to be solved or explained
  • Spanish: soluble — able to be solved or explained
  • Swedish: lösbar — able to be solved or explained
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