SOLIDNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does solidness mean? 

• SOLIDNESS (noun)
  The noun SOLIDNESS has 4 senses:

1. the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape

2. the consistency of a solid

3. the quality of being substantial or having substance

4. the quality of being solid and reliable financially or factually or morally

  Familiarity information: SOLIDNESS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOLIDNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

solid; solid state; solidness

Hypernyms ("solidness" is a kind of...):

state; state of matter ((chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container))

Derivation:

solid (of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The consistency of a solid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

solidity; solidness

Hypernyms ("solidness" is a kind of...):

body; consistence; consistency; substance (the property of holding together and retaining its shape)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "solidness"):

compactness (the consistency of a compact solid)

impermeability; impermeableness (the property of something that cannot be pervaded by a liquid)

Derivation:

solid (not soft or yielding to pressure)

solid (entirely of one substance with no holes inside)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The quality of being substantial or having substance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

solidness; substantiality; substantialness

Hypernyms ("solidness" is a kind of...):

corporality; corporeality; materiality; physicalness (the quality of being physical; consisting of matter)

Attribute:

material; real; substantial (having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary)

insubstantial; unreal; unsubstantial (lacking material form or substance; unreal)

Derivation:

solid (of one substance or character throughout)

solid (of good quality and condition; solidly built)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The quality of being solid and reliable financially or factually or morally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

solidity; solidness

Context example:

the solidness of her faith gave her enduring hope

Hypernyms ("solidness" is a kind of...):

dependability; dependableness; reliability; reliableness (the quality of being dependable or reliable)

Derivation:

solid (characterized by good substantial quality)

solid (meriting respect or esteem)

solid (of a substantial character and not frivolous or superficial)

solid (financially sound)