What does "chicken soup" mean?

Any soup made with either pieces of chicken or chicken broth as its main ingredient.

What is a synonym for "chicken soup"?

Common synonyms include: bisque, bouillabaisse, bouillon, broth, chowder, consomme.

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
Any soup made with either pieces of chicken or chicken broth as its main ingredient. countable, uncountable
"He should have guessed that her great-great-grandmother's secret chicken soup recipe was a can from the store."
2
soup made from chicken broth wordnet
3
A cure for a wide variety of illnesses or other problems. countable, figuratively, uncountable
"Duct tape is the chicken soup of plumbing."
4
A mixed-up mush. countable, figuratively, uncountable
"His hand got caught in a meat grinder and turned into chicken soup."
5
The aqueous solution of nutrients used in the Viking lander biological experiments to detect microbial Martian life. countable, historical, slang, uncountable

"He should have guessed that her great-great-grandmother's secret chicken soup recipe was a can from the store."

The figurative sense comes from the fact that a folk remedy for colds is serving such soup.