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changeableness
| Concept: | Changeableness. |
| Category: | 2. COMPLEX CHANGE |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
changeableness; mutability, inconstancy; versatility, mobility; instability, unstable equilibrium; vacillation (irresolution); fluctuation, vicissitude; alternation (oscillation)., restlessness; fidgets, disquiet; disquietude, inquietude; unrest; agitation., moon, Proteus, chameleon, quicksilver, shifting sands, weathercock, harlequin, Cynthia of the minute, April showers; wheel of Fortune; transientness.
-verbs
fluctuate, vary, waver, flounder, flicker, flitter, flit, flutter, shift, shuffle, shake, totter, tremble, vacillate, wamble, turn and turn about, ring the changes; sway to and fro, shift to and fro; change and change about; waffle, blow with the wind (irresolute) [more]; oscillate; vibrate between two extremes, oscillate between two extremes; alternate; have as many phases as the moon.
-adjectives
changeable, changeful; changing; mutable, variable, checkered, ever changing; protean, proteiform; versatile., unstaid, inconstant; unsteady, unstable, unfixed, unsettled; fluctuating; restless; agitated; erratic, fickle; irresolute; capricious; touch and go; inconsonant, fitful, spasmodic; vibratory; vagrant, wayward; desultory; afloat; alternating; alterable, plastic, mobile; transient; wavering.
-adverbs
seesaw (oscillation); off and on.
-phrases
"a rolling stone gathers no moss"; pictra mossa non fa muschis; honores mutant mores; varium et mutabile semper femina [Vergil. "Woman always was a fickle and inconstant
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| Antonyms: | stability |
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| Main Entry: | instability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | imbalance, inconstancy |
| Synonyms: | alternation, anxiety, capriciousness, changeability, changeableness, disequilibrium, disquiet, fickleness, fitfulness, flightiness, fluctuation, fluidity, frailty, hesitation, immaturity, impermanence, inconsistency, inquietude, insecurity, irregularity, irresolution, mutability, oscillation, pliancy, precariousness, restlessness, shakiness, transience, uncertainty, unfixedness, unpredictability, unreliability, unsteadiness, vacillation, variability, volatility, vulnerability, wavering, weakness |
| Antonyms: | balance, constancy, soundness, stability, steadfastness |
| Main Entry: | insecureness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instability |
| Synonyms: | alternation, anxiety, capriciousness, changeability, changeableness, disequilibrium, disquiet, fickleness, fitfulness, flightiness, fluctuation, fluidity, frailty, hesitation, immaturity, impermanence, inconsistency, inquietude, insecurity, irregularity, irresolution, mutability, oscillation, pliancy, precariousness, restlessness, shakiness, transience, uncertainty, unfixedness, unpredictability, unreliability, unstableness, unsteadiness, unsureness, vacillation, variability, volatility, vulnerability, wavering, weakness* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | precariousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instability |
| Synonyms: | alternation, anxiety, capriciousness, changeability, changeableness, disequilibrium, disquiet, fickleness, fitfulness, flightiness, fluctuation, fluidity, frailty, hesitation, immaturity, impermanence, inconsistency, inquietude, insecureness, insecurity, irregularity, irresolution, mutability, oscillation, pliancy, restlessness, shakiness, transience, uncertainty, unfixedness, unpredictability, unreliability, unstableness, unsteadiness, unsureness, vacillation, variability, volatility, vulnerability, wavering, weakness* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ricketiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unstableness |
| Synonyms: | alternation, anxiety, capriciousness, changeability, changeableness, disequilibrium, disquiet, fickleness, fitfulness, flightiness, fluctuation, fluidity, frailty, hesitation, immaturity, impermanence, inconsistency, inquietude, insecurity, instability, irregularity, irresolution, mutability, oscillation, pliancy, precariousness, restlessness, shakiness, transience, uncertainty, unfixedness, unpredictability, unreliability, unsteadiness, vacillation, variability, volatility, vulnerability, wavering, weakness*, wobbliness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shakiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instability |
| Synonyms: | alternation, anxiety, capriciousness, changeability, changeableness, disequilibrium, disquiet, fickleness, fitfulness, flightiness, fluctuation, fluidity, frailty, hesitation, immaturity, impermanence, inconsistency, inquietude, insecureness, insecurity, irregularity, irresolution, mutability, oscillation, pliancy, precariousness, restlessness, transience, uncertainty, unfixedness, unpredictability, unreliability, unstableness, unsteadiness, unsureness, vacillation, variability, volatility, vulnerability, wavering, weakness* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unstableness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unsteadiness |
| Synonyms: | alternation, anxiety, capriciousness, changeability, changeableness, disequilibrium, disquiet, fickleness, fitfulness, flightiness, fluctuation, fluidity, frailty, hesitation, immaturity, impermanence, inconsistency, inquietude, insecurity, instability, irregularity, irresolution, mutability, oscillation, pliancy, precariousness, restlessness, ricketiness, shakiness, transience, uncertainty, unfixedness, unpredictability, unreliability, vacillation, variability, volatility, vulnerability, wavering, weakness*, wobbliness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unsteadiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unstableness |
| Synonyms: | alternation, anxiety, capriciousness, changeability, changeableness, disequilibrium, disquiet, fickleness, fitfulness, flightiness, fluctuation, fluidity, frailty, hesitation, immaturity, impermanence, inconsistency, inquietude, insecurity, instability, irregularity, irresolution, mutability, oscillation, pliancy, precariousness, restlessness, ricketiness, shakiness, transience, uncertainty, unfixedness, unpredictability, unreliability, vacillation, variability, volatility, vulnerability, wavering, weakness*, wobbliness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unsureness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instability |
| Synonyms: | alternation, anxiety, capriciousness, changeability, changeableness, disequilibrium, disquiet, fickleness, fitfulness, flightiness, fluctuation, fluidity, frailty, hesitation, immaturity, impermanence, inconsistency, inquietude, insecureness, insecurity, irregularity, irresolution, mutability, oscillation, pliancy, precariousness, restlessness, shakiness, transience, uncertainty, unfixedness, unpredictability, unreliability, unstableness, unsteadiness, vacillation, variability, volatility, vulnerability, wavering, weakness* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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