solidness

as instability
as incompactness
as inplausibility
as inplausibleness
as instableness
as insteadiness
as insturdiness
as insureness
as incredibility

Synonyms for solidness

noun resistance of some degree

Antonyms for solidness

credibility

noun. believeableness

Word Origin & History

late 14c., "not empty or hollow," from Old French solide "firm, dense, compact," from Latin solidus "firm, whole, undivided, entire," figuratively "sound, trustworthy, genuine," from PIE *sol-ido-, suffixed form of root *sol- "whole" (cf. Greek holos "whole," Latin salus "health," salvus "safe;" see safe (adj.)).

Meaning "firm, hard, compact" is from 1530s. Meaning "entirely of the same stuff" is from 1710. Of qualities, "well-established, considerable" c.1600. As a mere intensifier, 1830. Slang sense of "wonderful, remarkable" first attested 1920 among jazz musicians. As an adverb, "solidly, completely," 1650s. Solid South in U.S. political history is attested from 1858. Solid state as a term in physics is recorded from 1953; meaning "employing solid transistors (as opposed to vacuum tubes)" is from 1959. Related: Solidly.

Example Sentences for solidness

Dickens has done nothing better, for solidness and truth all round, than Betsey Trotwood.

It is no history of our earth itself, to say that its "solidness is for the station and mansion of living creatures."

Despite the fact that the men agreed on the solidness of the ice, she dreaded the take-off.

solidness

Synonyms for solidness

Antonyms for solidness

More words related to solidness

compactness

credibility

plausibility

plausibleness

stability

stableness