Standard Lemma guide

solute

adj · noun · verb · 9 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈsɒljuːt/
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  • CMU ARPABET: S AA1 L Y UW0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Free; liberal; loose.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a solute interpretation

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Relaxed; hence, cheerful, merry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: easygoing, laid-back, airy, at ease, at peace, carefree, careless, casual, chill, cool, devil-may-care, easy-breezy, happy-go-lucky, indifferent, insouciant, leisurely, lighthearted, loose, mellow, nonchalant, pococurante, relaxed, serene, solute, tranquil, unanxious, unbothered, unconcerned, undisturbed, unruffled, untroubled, unworried, wanton, berserk, blissed out, blithe, buoyant, chirpy, blithesome, bonnie, bright, cheerful, cheerly, cheery, chuffed, cock-a-hoop, content, contented, convivial, delighted, ebullient, ecstatic, elated, enthusiastic, euphoric, excited, exhilarated, exuberant, exultant, fat and happy, gassed, gay, gayful, giddy, glad, gladsome, gleeful, gleesome, happy, hearty, hyped, high on life, jovial, joyful, joyous, merry, mirthsome, on cloud nine, overjoyed, overjoyous, over the moon, pacific, perky, placated, pleased, satisfied, stoked, thrilled, tickled pink, triumphant, vivacious, wealful, happy as a clam, happy as a clam at high water, happy as a lark, happy as a pig in mud, happy as a pig in shit, happy as a prince, happy as Larry, happy as the day is long, merry as a cricket, merry as a grig

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Able to be dissolved; soluble.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a solute salt

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Not adhering; loose.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

Examples

  • a solute stipule

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: adnate

5

noun

Meaning 5

Any substance that is dissolved in a liquid solvent to create a solution.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Holonym: solution

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: solvent, dissolver

6

verb

Meaning 6

To dissolve.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To solve; to expose the errors of; to explain

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • to solute sin

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

Alternative form of salute.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

the dissolved matter in a solution; the component of a solution that changes its state

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: matter

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin solutus, past participle of solvo.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: løs — loose
  • Finnish: löysä — loose
  • Finnish: löyhä — loose
  • Bulgarian: разтворено вещество (raztvoreno veštestvo) — substance that is dissolved in a solvent
  • Catalan: solut — substance that is dissolved in a solvent
  • Czech: rozpuštěná látka — substance that is dissolved in a solvent
  • Danish: opløsning — substance that is dissolved in a solvent
  • Dutch: opgeloste stof — substance that is dissolved in a solvent
  • Finnish: liuonnut aine — substance that is dissolved in a solvent
  • Finnish: liuotettava aine — substance that is dissolved in a solvent
  • French: soluté — substance that is dissolved in a solvent
  • Hungarian: oldott anyag — substance that is dissolved in a solvent
  • Italian: soluto — substance that is dissolved in a solvent
  • Korean: 용질 (yongjil) — substance that is dissolved in a solvent
  • Northern Kurdish: tîwawe — substance that is dissolved in a solvent
  • Northern Kurdish: madeya tîwawe — substance that is dissolved in a solvent
  • Māori: matūmeha — substance that is dissolved in a solvent
  • Occitan: solut — substance that is dissolved in a solvent
  • Persian: حلشونده (halšavande) — substance that is dissolved in a solvent
  • Portuguese: soluto — substance that is dissolved in a solvent
  • Spanish: soluto — substance that is dissolved in a solvent
  • Tagalog: nilusaw — substance that is dissolved in a solvent
  • Tagalog: lulusawin — substance that is dissolved in a solvent
  • Turkish: çözünen — substance that is dissolved in a solvent
  • Welsh: hydoddyn — substance that is dissolved in a solvent