| Main Entry: | mutable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | changeable |
Synonyms: |
alterable, erratic, fickle, fluctuating, inconstant, mercurial, unreliable, vacillating, variable, wavering |
Antonyms: |
constant, invariable |
| Main Entry: | capricious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | given to sudden behavior change |
Synonyms: |
any way the wind blows, arbitrary, blowing hot and cold, careless, changeful, contrary, crotchety, effervescent, erratic, every which way, fanciful, fickle, fitful, flaky*, flighty, freakish, gaga, helter-skelter, humorsome, impulsive, inconstant, kinky*, lubricious, mercurial, moody, mutable, notional, odd, picky*, punchy, queer, quirky, temperamental, ticklish, unpredictable, unreasonable, unstable, up and down, vagarious, variable, volatile, wayward, whimsical, yo-yo |
Antonyms: |
constant, dependable, sensible, staid, steadfast, steady |
| Main Entry: | changeable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | erratic |
Synonyms: |
agitated, capricious, changeful, commutative, convertible, fickle, fitful, flighty, fluctuating, fluid, impulsive, inconstant, indecisive, irregular, irresolute, irresponsible, kaleidoscopic, mercurial, mobile, movable, mutable, permutable, protean, restless, reversible, revocable, shifting, skittish, spasmodic, transformable, transitional, uncertain, unpredictable, unreliable, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, vagrant, variable, variant, varying, versatile, volatile, wavering, whimsical |
Antonyms: |
certain, changeless, constant, fixed, lasting, reliable, stable, steady, sure, unchangeable, undeviating |
| Main Entry: | checkered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | patterned |
Synonyms: |
checky, diversified, motley, mutable, patchwork, plaid, quilted, spotted, variegated |
| Main Entry: | fickle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vacillating, blowing hot and cold |
Synonyms: |
arbitrary, capricious, changeable, cheating, coquettish, double-crossing, faithless, fitful, flighty, frivolous, inconstant, irresolute, lubricious, mercurial, mutable, quicksilver, sneaking, temperamental, ticklish, two-timing, unfaithful, unpredictable, unstable, unsteady, untrue, variable, volatile, whimsical, yo-yo |
Antonyms: |
aware, cognizant, constant, faithful, reliable, stable, steady |
| Main Entry: | fluid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adaptable, changeable |
Synonyms: |
adjustable, changeful, flexible, floating, fluctuating, indefinite, malleable, mercurial, mobile, mutable, protean, shifting, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable |
| Notes: | fluids include liquids and gases; a liquid is a fluid with a fixed volume, and a gas is a fluid that can expand indefinitely liquid is a substance that flows and takes on the form of its container; a fluid - substance with no fixed shape and yields easily to external pressure - can be a liquid but it can also be a gas |
Antonyms: |
inflexible, stable, unchangeable |
| Main Entry: | mobile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | movable, travelling |
Synonyms: |
adaptable, ambulatory, changeable, fluid, free, itinerant, liquid, locomotive, loose, migrant, migratory, motile, motorized, moving, mutable, nomadic, peripatetic, portable, roaming, roving, unsettled, unstable, unstationary, unsteadfast, unsteady, versatile, wandering |
Antonyms: |
fixed, immobile, stable, stationary, unmovable |
| Main Entry: | slippery |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncertain, unreliable |
Synonyms: |
cagey, changeable, crafty, cunning, devious, dishonest, duplicitous, elusive, evasive, false, fly-by-night, foxy, inconstant, insecure, mutable, shifty, slick, slithery, smooth, sneaky, treacherous, tricky, two-faced, unpredictable, unsafe, unstable, unsteady, untrustworthy, variable |
Antonyms: |
certain, definite, reliable, stable |
| Main Entry: | unsettled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bothered, upset |
Synonyms: |
active, agitated, antsy*, anxious, busy, changeable, changeful, changing, complex, complicated, confused, disorderly, disturbed, explosive, fidgety, fluid, flustered, inconstant, insecure, kinetic, mobile, mutable, on edge, perilous, perturbed, precarious, rattled, restive, restless, shaken, shaky, shifting, shook up, tense, thrown, ticklish, troubled, unbalanced, uncertain, uneasy, unnerved, unpeaceful, unpredictable, unquiet, unrestful, unstable, unsteady, variable, wavering, wobbling |
Antonyms: |
calmed, content, happy, settled |
| Main Entry: | unstable/unsteady |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doubtful, weak |
Synonyms: |
ambiguous, borderline, capricious, changeable, dizzy, dubious, erratic, fickle, fitful, fluctuating, giddy, inconsistent, inconstant, insecure, irrational, lubricious, mercurial, mobile, movable, moving, mutable, not fixed, precarious, rickety, risky, rocky, sensitive, shaky, shifty, slippery, suspect, teetering, temperamental, ticklish, tricky, uncertain, unpredictable, unsettled, unsteady, untrustworthy, vacillating, variable, volatile, wavering, weaving, wiggly, wobbly |
Antonyms: |
stable, steady, strong |