| Main Entry: |
mercurial |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
flighty, temperamental |
Synonyms: |
blowing hot and cold, bubbleheaded,
buoyant, capricious, changeable,
effervescent, elastic,
erratic,
expansive,
fickle,
flaky,
flip*, fluctuating, gaga,
gay,
impulsive, inconstant,
irregular,
irrepressible,
lighthearted,
lively, lubricious,
mad,
mobile, movable, quicksilver,
resilient, short-fuse,
spirited,
sprightly, ticklish, unpredictable, unstable, up-and-down, variable, volatile, yo-yo
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Antonyms: |
calm, tranquil, unchangeable, unperturbable, unvarying
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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