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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Solidity \So*lid"i*ty\, noun [L. soliditas: cf. F. solidit['e].]
1. The state or quality of being solid; density; consistency, -- opposed to {fluidity}; compactness; fullness of matter, -- opposed to {openness} or {hollowness}; strength; soundness, -- opposed to {weakness} or {instability}; the primary quality or affection of matter by which its particles exclude or resist all others; hardness; massiveness.
That which hinders the approach of two bodies when they are moving one toward another, I call solidity. --Locke.
2. Moral firmness; soundness; strength; validity; truth; certainty; -- as opposed to {weakness} or {fallaciousness}; as, the solidity of arguments or reasoning; the solidity of principles, triuths, or opinions.
3. (Geom.) The solid contents of a body; volume; amount of inclosed space.
Syn: Firmness; solidness; hardness; density; compactness; strength; soundness; validity; certainty.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
solidity
noun
1: the consistency of a solid [syn: {solidness}] [ant: {porosity}]
2: state of having the interior filled with matter [ant: {hollowness}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
174 Moby Thesaurus words for "solidity": abidingness, aplomb, authenticity, authoritativeness, authority, balance, balanced personality, body, calculability, callosity, callousness, changelessness, closeness, cogency, combination, compactness, completeness, comprehensiveness, concreteness, congestedness, congestion, consistence, consistency, constancy, cool, credit standing, crowdedness, denseness, density, dependability, durability, durableness, duration, durity, endurance, entireness, entirety, equilibrium, exhaustiveness, faithworthiness, fastness, firmness, fixedness, flintiness, force, frozenness, fusion, gluiness, hardening, hardness, hardness of heart, homeostasis, identity, immobility, immobilization, immovability, immovableness, immutability, impenetrability, impermeability, imperturbability, imporosity, inclusiveness, incompressibility, individuality, indivisibility, induration, inertia, inextricability, inflexibility, intactness, integrality, integration, integrity, invariability, invariableness, inveteracy, invincibility, inviolability, irreducibility, irremovability, jammedness, justness, lastingness, long standing, mass, materiality, nerve, obduracy, omnipresence, oneness, organic unity, palpability, particularity, permanence, permanency, perpetualness, persistence, persistency, pervasiveness, ponderability, predictability, purity, quiescence, relative density, reliability, resistance, restiveness, rigidity, rootedness, sang-froid, secureness, security, selfsameness, simplicity, singleness, singularity, solidarity, solidification, solidness, solvency, soundness, specific gravity, spissitude, stability, stable equilibrium, stable state, standing, stasis, staunchness, steadfastness, steadiness, steady nerves, steady state, steeliness, stoniness, stoutness, strength, sturdiness, substance, substantiality, substantialness, tangibility, temper, thickness, thoroughness, torpor, totality, toughness, trustworthiness, ubiquity, unchangeability, unchangingness, undeflectability, undividedness, unerringness, unification, uniformity, unindebtedness, uniqueness, unity, universality, univocity, unmovability, unshakable nerves, unshakableness, unyieldingness, validity, vis inertiae, viscidity, viscosity, viscousness, weight, wholeness
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