Antonyms of adj insoluble
3 senses of insoluble
Sense 1
insoluble (vs. soluble), indissoluble -- ((of a substance) incapable of being dissolved)
soluble (vs. insoluble) -- ((of a substance) capable of being dissolved in some solvent (usually water))
=> alcohol-soluble -- (soluble in alcohol)
=> dissolvable, dissoluble -- (capable of dissolving)
=> fat-soluble -- (soluble in fats; "fat-soluble vitamin A")
=> meltable, disintegrable -- (capable of melting)
=> oil-soluble -- (soluble in oil; "oil-soluble pigments")
=> water-soluble -- (soluble in water)
Sense 2
insoluble (vs. soluble) -- (admitting of no solution or explanation; "an insoluble doubt")
soluble (vs. insoluble) -- (susceptible of solution or of being solved or explained; "the puzzle is soluble")
=> answerable -- (capable of being answered)
=> solvable, resolvable -- (capable of being solved; "such problems are perfectly solvable")
Sense 3
insoluble -- (without hope of solution; "an insoluble problem")
INDIRECT (VIA hopeless) -> hopeful -- (having or manifesting hope; "a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets"; "found a hopeful way of attacking the problem")
Similarity of adj insoluble
3 senses of insoluble
Sense 1
insoluble (vs. soluble), indissoluble -- ((of a substance) incapable of being dissolved)
=> water-insoluble, non-water-soluble -- (not soluble in water)
Sense 2
insoluble (vs. soluble) -- (admitting of no solution or explanation; "an insoluble doubt")
=> insolvable, unsoluble, unsolvable, unresolvable -- (not easily solved; "an apparantly insolvable problem"; "public finance...had long presented problems unsolvable or at least unsolved"- C.L.Jones)
Also See-> inexplicable#1, incomprehensible#1
Sense 3
insoluble -- (without hope of solution; "an insoluble problem")
=> hopeless (vs. hopeful) -- (without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success; "in an agony of hopeless grief"; "with a hopeless sigh he sat down")