volatile

English Thesaurus

1. a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	substance,
definition	:	the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists (noun.tops)

2. tending to vary often or widely (adj.all)

similar	:	changeable, changeful,
definition	:	such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change (adj.all)

3. marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments (adj.all)

similar	:	inconstant,
definition	:	likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable (adj.all)

4. liable to lead to sudden change or violence (adj.all)

similar	:	unstable,
definition	:	lacking stability or fixity or firmness (adj.all)

5. evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures (adj.all)

similar	:	evaporable, vaporific, vaporizable, vapourific, vapourisable, volatilisable, volatilizable,
definition	:	(used of substances) capable of being volatilized (adj.all)

also	:	inconstant,
definition	:	likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable (adj.all)

domain category	:	chemical science, chemistry,
definition	:	the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions (noun.cognition)

6. a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor (noun.substance)

derivation	:	volatile,
definition	:	evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures (adj.all)

7. tending to vary often or widely (adj.all)

derivation	:	unpredictability, volatility,
definition	:	the trait of being unpredictably irresolute (noun.attribute)

8. marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments (adj.all)

derivation	:	faithlessness, falseness, fickleness, inconstancy,
definition	:	unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous (noun.attribute)

9. liable to lead to sudden change or violence (adj.all)

derivation	:	excitability, excitableness, volatility,
definition	:	being easily excited (noun.attribute)

10. evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures (adj.all)

antonym	:	nonvolatile, nonvolatilisable, nonvolatilizable,
definition	:	not volatilizing readily (adj.all)

derivation	:	volatility,
definition	:	the property of changing readily from a solid or liquid to a vapor (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	volatile,
definition	:	a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor (noun.substance)

derivation	:	volatilise, volatilize,
definition	:	make volatile; cause to pass off in a vapor (verb.change)

11. a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor (noun.substance)

derivation	:	volatile,
definition	:	evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures (adj.all)

12. tending to vary often or widely (adj.all)

derivation	:	unpredictability, volatility,
definition	:	the trait of being unpredictably irresolute (noun.attribute)

13. marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments (adj.all)

derivation	:	faithlessness, falseness, fickleness, inconstancy,
definition	:	unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous (noun.attribute)

14. liable to lead to sudden change or violence (adj.all)

derivation	:	excitability, excitableness, volatility,
definition	:	being easily excited (noun.attribute)

15. evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures (adj.all)

antonym	:	nonvolatile, nonvolatilisable, nonvolatilizable,
definition	:	not volatilizing readily (adj.all)

derivation	:	volatility,
definition	:	the property of changing readily from a solid or liquid to a vapor (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	volatile,
definition	:	a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor (noun.substance)

derivation	:	volatilise, volatilize,
definition	:	make volatile; cause to pass off in a vapor (verb.change)