Synonyms for fluid
ˈflu ɪdflu·id

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1. fluid

   A fluid is a substance that, like air or water, yields to any force that tends to change its form; a liquid is a body in that state in which the particles move freely among themselves, but remain in one mass, keeping the same volume, but taking always the form of the containing vessel; a liquid is an inelastic fluid; a gas is an elastic fluid that tends to expand to the utmost limits of the containing space. All liquids are fluids, but not all fluids are liquids; air and all the gases are fluids, but they are not liquids under ordinary circumstances, tho capable of being reduced to a liquid form by special means, as by cold and pressure. Water at the ordinary temperature is at once a fluid and a liquid.

   Synonyms:
   gas, liquid

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1. fluidnoun

   a substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure

   Antonyms:
   unchangeable, nondisposable, solid, awkward, gaseous

2. fluidadjective

   continuous amorphous matter that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container: a liquid or a gas

   Antonyms:
   awkward, nondisposable, solid, unchangeable, gaseous

3. fluid, unstableadjective

   subject to change; variable

   "a fluid situation fraught with uncertainty"; "everything was unstable following the coup"

   Synonyms:
   mentally ill, mobile, liquid, unstable, fluent, runny, smooth, precarious, unsound

   Antonyms:
   awkward, gaseous, unchangeable, solid, nondisposable

4. fluid, runnyadjective

   characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape

   Synonyms:
   mobile, unstable, smooth, liquid, fluent, runny

   Antonyms:
   unchangeable, nondisposable, gaseous, solid, awkward

5. fluent, fluid, liquid, smoothadjective

   smooth and unconstrained in movement

   "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"

   Synonyms:
   tranquil, smooth, silver-tongued, eloquent, placid, silver, liquified, still, quiet, legato, unruffled, smooth-spoken, swimming, suave, runny, limpid, facile, melted, mobile, unstable, fluent, liquid, bland, politic

   Antonyms:
   unchangeable, nondisposable, gaseous, solid, awkward

6. fluid, liquidadjective

   in cash or easily convertible to cash

   "liquid (or fluid) assets"

   Synonyms:
   mobile, liquid, unstable, fluent, limpid, melted, liquified, runny, smooth, swimming

   Antonyms:
   unchangeable, solid, awkward, gaseous, nondisposable

7. fluid, mobileadjective

   affording change (especially in social status)

   "Britain is not a truly fluid society"; "upwardly mobile"

   Synonyms:
   roving, mobile, liquid, unstable, fluent, wandering, nomadic, peregrine, runny, smooth

   Antonyms:
   nondisposable, unchangeable, awkward, solid, gaseous

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1. fluidadjective

   Synonyms:
   liquid, not solid

2. fluidnoun

   Synonyms:
   liquid, liquor

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1. fluidnoun

   Synonyms:
   liquid, liquor, solution

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1. List of paraphrases for "fluid":

   liquid, fluids, oil, liquids, goo, liquide, free-flowing, accepted, fluent, smooth, olive, cash, unstable

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1. Katie Peters:

   This is a very fluid situation.

2. Alan Flake:

   It continuously exchanges amniotic fluid ... in the same way that amniotic fluid is exchanged in the uterus.

3. Paul Barker:

   A lot of people think that it's a fudging exercise to draw the process out for a fair while and to somehow avoid the vote of no confidence, pNG politics is a very fluid thing and there are not many ideological reasons why you would be on one side or another, so you can flow fairly readily.

4. Kevin Healy:

   These are mock blood vessels, they are similar to blood vessels. The fluid that we are interested in comes across this tissue and then it bathes it with the drug, we give it caffeine, heart-on-a-chip beats and accelerates its heart rate. We give it adrenaline, it accelerates its heart rate.

5. One Walker fundraiser:

   There's no doubt he has had some gaffes that have not helped his cause, it has not been a good couple weeks. But nothing has ended the game by any means. This thing is way too fluid.