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steady, stable, stalwart, dependable, sturdy, strong,
substantial, sound, firm, well-built, well-constructed,
well-made, tough, durable, rugged, stout: That chair is not
solid enough for you to stand on. 7 cogent, sound, concrete,
weighty, proved, provable, valid, reasonable, sensible,
rational, sober, well-founded, authoritative, indisputable,
incontrovertible, irrefutable, incontestable, good, powerful,
potent, forceful, convincing, persuasive: He presents a solid
argument for a sales tax. 8 firm, downright, vigorous, telling,
effective, forceful, potent, powerful, mighty, dynamic,
thorough, through-and-through, intensive: Jan struck a solid
blow against the supporters of abortion. 9 See solvent, 1,
below. 10 entire, complete, whole, continuous; uninterrupted,
undivided, unbroken, unrelieved, blank, windowless: I had to
wait at the dentist's for a solid hour. Around the park they
erected a solid wall.
solidarity
n. unity, unanimity, unification, accord, concord, concordance,
harmony, concurrence, like-mindedness, agreement, mutuality,
single-mindedness, singleness (of purpose), community of
interest, esprit de corps, camaraderie, comradeship, sodality,
Solidarnosˆ'cˆ': It was through solidarity, not the pursuit of
individual interest, that freedom was achieved.
solidify v. 1 harden, freeze, set, cake, compact, compress, crystallize;
jell or gel, clot, congeal, coagulate, thicken, Technical
inspissate; sublime: The lava flowed round the bodies of those
who died and solidified, preserving them in their final
attitudes. 2 consolidate, unite, unify, pull or draw together:
Studying the speeches of politicians enables me to solidify my
own views.
solitary adj. 1 lone, single, sole, individual; unattended, solo,
companionless, friendless, lonesome, lonely, unsocial,
cloistered, secluded, reclusive, separate, eremitic(al),
hermitic(al), remote, withdrawn, distant, out-of-the-way,
unfrequented, desolate: There is not a solitary exception to
the rule. Flora's solitary style of living allows her to
concentrate on her writing. There is a solitary little inn where
we go for weekends.
--n. 2 solitary confinement: The prisoner has been in solitary