solvent

solvent is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Having the power of dissolving; dissolving; as, a solvent fluid. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Having the power of dissolving; dissolving; as, a solvent fluid.
2. adjective. Able or sufficient to pay all just debts; as, a solvent merchant; the estate is solvent.
3. noun. A substance (usually liquid) suitable for, or employed in, solution, or in dissolving something; as, water is the appropriate solvent of most salts, alcohol of resins, ether of fats, and mercury or acids of metals, etc.
4. noun. That which resolves; as, a solvent of mystery.
5. noun. a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem

   "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"

   "the answers were in the back of the book"

   Synonyms: answer, resolution, result, solution

6. noun. a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances

   "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution"

   Synonyms: dissolvent, dissolver, resolvent

7. adjective. capable of meeting financial obligations

Synonyms

answer, resolution, result, solution, dissolvent, dissolver, resolvent

Common word forms

solvents, solvently, solventless

Words from these letters

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