1.
[syn: insoluble, indissoluble]
2. admitting of no solution or explanation;
- Example: "an insoluble doubt"
3. without hope of solution;
- Example: "an insoluble problem"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Insoluble \In*sol"u*ble\, a. [L. insolubilis indissoluble, that
can not be loosed: cf. F. insoluble. See In- not, and
Soluble, and cf. Insolvable.]
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1. Not soluble; in capable or difficult of being dissolved,
as by a liquid; as, chalk is insoluble in water.
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2. Not to be solved or explained; insolvable; as, an
insoluble doubt, question, or difficulty.
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3. Strong. "An insoluble wall." [Obs.] --Holland
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
insoluble
adj 1: (of a substance) incapable of being dissolved [syn:
insoluble, indissoluble] [ant: soluble]
2: admitting of no solution or explanation; "an insoluble doubt"
[ant: soluble]
3: without hope of solution; "an insoluble problem"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "insoluble":
coherent, cohesive, enwrapped in mystery, impartible, indefinable,
indiscerptible, indissoluble, indissolvable, indivisible,
inexplicable, inextricable, infrangible, infusible, inseparable,
insolvable, mysterious, mystic, unaccountable, undefinable,
undividable, unexplainable, unified, uninterpretable, unsolvable