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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | variable |
| Synonyms: | bobbing, perpendicular, seesaw, uneven, vacillating, vertical, yoyo |
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| 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 |
| Antonyms: | calm, tranquil, unchangeable, unperturbable, unvarying |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vertical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | upright |
| Synonyms: | bolt upright, cocked, erect, on end, perpendicular, plumb, sheer, steep, straight-up, up-and-down, upward |
| Antonyms: | horizontal, prone |
| Main Entry: | volatile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | explosive, changeable |
| Synonyms: | airy, buoyant, capricious, effervescent, elastic, elusive, ephemeral, erratic, expansive, fickle, fleeting, flighty, flippant, frivolous, fugacious, fugitive, gaseous, gay, giddy, impermanent, imponderable, inconsistent, inconstant, light, lively, lubricious, mercurial, momentary, playful, resilient, short-lived, sprightly, subtle, temperamental, ticklish, transient, transitory, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, up-and-down, vaporous, variable, whimsical |
| Antonyms: | calm, firm, stable, steadfast |
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| Main Entry: | volatile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
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evaporable, reeking, vaporizable, volatile, volatilized
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