insoluble
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
(of a substance) incapable of being dissolved
Related & opposite
- soluble antonym
- insolubility derivation
- water-insoluble similar to
Sense 2 adjective
admitting of no solution or explanation
an insoluble doubt
Related & opposite
- incomprehensible also see
- soluble antonym
- insolubility derivation
- unresolvable similar to
Sense 3 adjective
without hope of solution
an insoluble problem
Related & opposite
- insolubility derivation
- hopeless similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | soluble |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | insolubility |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | water-insoluble |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | incomprehensible |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | soluble |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | insolubility |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unresolvable |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | insolubility |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | hopeless |