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volatile

modif.

Having the qualities of a gas
light, airy, imponderable, subtle, buoyant, gaseous, gasiform, vaporous, vapory, vaporizable, evaporable, effervescent, expansive, resilient, elastic.
Antonyms heavy*, dense, solid.
Having a sprightly temperament
lively, light-hearted, vivacious, gay, animated, merry, flippant, teasing, playful, sprightly; see also active 1, 2, happy 1.
Antonyms solemn*, demure, quiet.
Liable to sudden change
unstable, unpredictable, explosive; see changeable 1, 2.
Fickle
frivolous, capricious, whimsical; see changeable 1, fickle 2.

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Another word for volatile

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Following no predictable pattern:

capricious, changeable, erratic, fantastic, fantastical, fickle, freakish, inconsistent, inconstant, mercurial, temperamental, ticklish, uncertain, unpredictable, unstable, unsteady, variable, whimsical. See change, continue

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On the other hand, putting up with his volatile moods wouldn't be exactly easy.
It is non-volatile in steam, and is odourless.
There is also present a volatile oil.
Both forms are volatile in steam.
For illuminating purposes, the most extensively-used product is kerosene, but both the more and the less volatile portions Of petroleum are employed in suitable lamps.

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