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liquid

adjective

existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow; "water and milk and blood are liquid substances"
Antonyms: gaseous, solid Similar: fluid, runny, liquefied, liquified, semiliquid, watery, liquefiable, liquifiable
filled or brimming with tears; "swimming eyes"; "watery eyes"; "sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid"
Synonyms: swimming, watery Similar: tearful
clear and bright; "the liquid air of a spring morning"; "eyes shining with a liquid luster"; "limpid blue eyes"
Synonyms: limpid Similar: clear
changed from a solid to a liquid state; "rivers filled to overflowing by melted snow"
Synonyms: liquified, melted Antonyms: unmelted Similar: dissolved, molten, liquefied, liquified, fusible, thawed
smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness; "the liquid song of a robin"
Similar: musical
yielding; lacking any hint of hardness; "the liquid stillness of the night enveloping him"; "the liquid brown eyes of a spaniel"
Similar: soft
smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"; "liquid prose"
Synonyms: flowing, fluent, fluid, smooth Similar: graceful
in cash or easily convertible to cash; "liquid (or fluid) assets"
Synonyms: fluid Similar: disposable

noun

a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure
the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
Synonyms: liquidity, liquidness
a substance in the fluid state of matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
a frictionless non-nasal continuant (especially `l'' and `r'')