noun that which resolves; as, a solvent of mystery.
2. solvent ·adj having the power of dissolving; dissolving; as, a solvent fluid.
3. solvent ·adj able or sufficient to pay all just debts; as, a solvent merchant; the estate is solvent.
4. solvent ·noun a substance (usually liquid) suitable for, or employed in, solution, or in dissolving something; as, water is the appropriate solvent of most salts, alcohol of resins, ether of fats, and mercury or acids of metals, ·etc.