Meaning & use

soluble

adjective·Academic

Able to be dissolved, especially in a liquid, or, more broadly, capable of being solved or resolved.

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Sugar is highly soluble in warm water, dissolving almost instantly when stirred.

The negotiators believed the dispute was soluble if both sides made small concessions.

A note on using this word

Soluble is most common in chemistry, describing dissolving substances, but it can also describe a problem capable of being resolved.

Words with a similar meaning

dissolvablesolvable

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