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| Main Entry: | changeable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | erratic |
| Synonyms: | agitated, capricious, convertible, fickle, fitful, flighty, fluid, impulsive, inconstant, indecisive, irregular, irresolute, irresponsible, kaleidoscopic, mercurial, mobile, movable, mutable, restless, skittish, spasmodic, uncertain, unpredictable, unreliable, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, vagrant, variable, variant, varying, versatile, volatile, wavering, whimsical, changeful, commutative, fluctuating, permutable, protean, reversible, revocable, shifting, transformable, transitional |
| Antonyms: | certain, changeless, constant, fixed, lasting, reliable, stable, steady, sure, unchangeable, undeviating |
| Main Entry: | adaptable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able and usually willing to change |
| Synonyms: | AC-DC*, adjustable, changeable, compliant, conformable, convertible, ductile, flexible, malleable, plastic, pliable, pliant, resilient, supple, tractable, variable, versatile, all around, alterable, can-do, easy-going, hanging loose, modifiable, moldable, switch-hitting |
| Antonyms: | inflexible, intractable, nonconforming, unadaptable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adjustable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alterable |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, adaptable, changeable, conformable, flexible, malleable, pliable, tractable, modifiable |
| Main Entry: | erratic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unpredictable; wandering |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, arbitrary, bizarre, capricious, changeable, desultory, devious, dicey, dubious, eccentric, fitful, flaky*, idiosyncratic, iffy*, incalculable, inconsistent, inconstant, irregular, meandering, mercurial, nomadic, oddball*, peculiar, planetary, rambling, roving, spasmodic, strange, stray, uncertain, unnatural, unreliable, unstable, unusual, variable, volatile, wayward, weird, whimsical, directionless, fluctuant, shifting, undirected, vagarious |
| Antonyms: | certain, consistent, definite, dependable, predictable, regular, reliable, steady, sure, unchanging |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | faithless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disloyal |
| Synonyms: | capricious, changeable, cheating, deceitful, dishonest, double-dealing*, doubting, dubious, false, fickle, inconstant, perfidious, recreant, skeptical, traitorous, treacherous, two-faced*, two-timing, unbelieving, unfaithful, unreliable, unstable, untrue, untrustworthy, untruthful, wavering, changeful, double-crossing, fluctuating, unconverted, unloyal |
| Antonyms: | believing, constant, faithful, loyal, reliable, true |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fickle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vacillating, blowing hot and cold |
| Synonyms: | arbitrary, capricious, changeable, cheating, faithless, fitful, flighty, frivolous, inconstant, irresolute, mercurial, mutable, temperamental, ticklish, two-timing, unfaithful, unpredictable, unstable, unsteady, untrue, variable, volatile, whimsical, coquettish, double-crossing, lubricious, quicksilver, sneaking, yo-yo |
| Antonyms: | aware, cognizant, constant, faithful, reliable, stable, steady |
| Main Entry: | fitful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irregular, sporadic |
| Synonyms: | broken, capricious, catchy*, changeable, desultory, disturbed, erratic, flickering, haphazard, hit-or-miss*, impulsive, inconstant, intermittent, interrupted, periodic, random, recurrent, restive, restless, spasmodic, spotty, unstable, variable, bits and pieces, fluctuating, herky-jerky, on-again-off-again, shifting, spastic |
| Antonyms: | constant, continuous, even, regular, undisturbed, unvarying |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flighty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fickle, irresponsible |
| Synonyms: | capricious, changeable, dizzy*, effervescent, empty-headed, featherbrained*, frivolous, giddy, harebrained*, impetuous, impulsive, inconstant, lightheaded, lively, mercurial, scatterbrained, silly, thoughtless, unbalanced, unstable, unsteady, volatile, whimsical, wild, airheaded, birdbrained, bubbleheaded, dingbat, dingdong, gaga, twit |
| Antonyms: | responsible |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | giddy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silly, impulsive |
| Synonyms: | brainless, capricious, careless, changeable, dizzy, empty-headed*, erratic, fickle, flighty*, frivolous, heedless, inconstant, irresolute, irresponsible, lightheaded*, punchy*, reckless, scatterbrained*, skittish*, slaphappy*, swimming*, thoughtless, unbalanced, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, volatile, whimsical, whirling, wild, woozy*, bemused, bubbleheaded, changeful, ditzy, flustered, gaga, reeling |
| Antonyms: | calm, careful, level-headed, sensible, serious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | harebrained |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid, unthinking |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, barmy, bizarre, careless, changeable, crazy, dizzy*, empty-headed*, featherbrained*, flighty, foolish, frivolous, giddy, half-baked*, heedless, inane, irresponsible, loony*, mindless, preposterous, rash, reckless, scatterbrained*, unstable, unsteady, wacky*, wild, rattlebrained |
| Antonyms: | brainy, intelligent, reasonable, sensible, smart, thoughtful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inconsistent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | contradictory, irregular |
| Synonyms: | capricious, changeable, conflicting, contrary, discordant, discrepant, dissonant, erratic, fickle, illogical, incoherent, incompatible, incongruous, inconstant, irreconcilable, mercurial, temperamental, uncertain, unpredictable, unstable, variable, warring, at odds, at variance, in conflict, incongruent, lubricious, out of step |
| Antonyms: | consistent, consonant, regular, steady, unchanging |
| Main Entry: | indecisive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncertain, indefinite |
| Synonyms: | changeable, doubtful, halting, hesitant, hesitating, inconclusive, indeterminate, irresolute, on the fence*, tentative, unclear, undecided, undetermined, uneventful, unsettled, unstable, vacillating, wavering, wishy-washy*, astraddle, faltering, hemming and hawing, hot and cold, of two minds, waffling, weak-kneed |
| Antonyms: | certain, decisive, definite, deliberate, determined, sure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interchangeable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | identical, transposable |
| Synonyms: | changeable, compatible, converse, convertible, correspondent, equivalent, exchangeable, mutual, reciprocal, same, synonymous, commutable, fungible, interconvertible, reciprocative, substitutable, workalike |
| Antonyms: | different, dissimilar |
| Main Entry: | light-headed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silly; feeling faint |
| Synonyms: | changeable, delirious, dizzy, empty, featherbrained*, fickle, flighty, flippant, foolish, frivolous, giddy, harebrained*, hazy, punchy*, rocky, scatterbrained*, shallow, superficial, swimming, tired, trifling, vertiginous, whirling, woozy*, gaga, reeling, swimmy |
| Antonyms: | healthy, sober, ok |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mercurial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flighty, temperamental |
| Synonyms: | buoyant, capricious, changeable, effervescent, elastic, erratic, expansive, fickle, flaky, flip*, gay, impulsive, inconstant, irregular, irrepressible, lighthearted, lively, mad, mobile, movable, resilient, spirited, sprightly, ticklish, unpredictable, unstable, up-and-down*, variable, volatile, blowing hot and cold, bubbleheaded, fluctuating, gaga, lubricious, quicksilver, short-fuse, yo-yo |
| Antonyms: | calm, tranquil, unchangeable, unvarying, unperturbable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mobile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | movable, travelling |
| Synonyms: | adaptable, ambulatory, changeable, fluid, free, itinerant, liquid, locomotive, loose, migrant, migratory, motorized, moving, mutable, nomadic, peripatetic, portable, roaming, roving, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, versatile, wandering, motile, unstationary, unsteadfast |
| Antonyms: | fixed, immobile, stable, stationary, unmovable |
| Main Entry: | moody |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crabby, temperamental |
| Synonyms: | angry, cantankerous, capricious, changeable, crestfallen, cross, dismal, doleful, dour, down in the mouth*, downcast, erratic, fickle, fitful, flighty, frowning, gloomy, glum, huffy, ill-tempered, impulsive, introspective, irascible, irritable, lugubrious, melancholy, mercurial, miserable, morose, offended, out of sorts*, pensive, petulant, sad, saturnine, short-tempered, sulky, sullen, testy, touchy, crabbed, down in the dumps, ill-humored, in a huff, in the doldrums, moping, piqued, splenetic |
| Antonyms: | balanced, cheerful, happy, overjoyed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reciprocal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exchanged, alternate |
| Synonyms: | changeable, companion, complementary, convertible, coordinate, corresponding, dependent, double, duplicate, equivalent, exchangeable, fellow, give-and-take*, interchangeable, matching, mutual, twin, correlative, interdependent, reciprocative, reciprocatory |
| Antonyms: | independent, singular |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | restless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not content; moving about |
| Synonyms: | active, agitated, antsy*, anxious, changeable, disturbed, edgy, fidgety, fitful, footloose*, fretful, hurried, ill at ease, inconstant, intermittent, irresolute, itchy*, jumpy, nervous, nomadic, on edge, perturbed, restive, roving, sleepless, spasmodic, transient, troubled, turbulent, uneasy, unruly, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, wandering, worried, bundle of nerves, bustling, fidgeting, strung out, tossing and turning, unpeaceful, unquiet, unrestful |
| Notes: | restive means impatient or fidgety under pressure or restraint; restless is being uneasy, unquiet, or unable to relax or rest |
| Antonyms: | agitated, jumpy, nervous, restive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | skittish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very nervous |
| Synonyms: | capricious, changeable, combustible, dizzy*, edgy, excitable, excited, fearful, fickle, fidgety, flighty, frivolous, giddy, harebrained, high-strung*, irresponsible, jumpy, lightheaded, lively, peppy, playful, restive, scatterbrained*, sensitive, spirited, undependable, unreliable, whimsical, zippy*, agitable, alarmable, volative |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, laid-back, easy-going, unworried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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