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Synonyms for volatile
ˈvɒl ə tl, -tɪl; esp. Brit. -ˌtaɪlvolatile

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. volatile

    Synonyms:
    vaporizable, sublimable, distillable, airy, spirituous, evaporating, gay, iively, flighty, capricious, irresolute

    Antonyms:
    fixed, solid, persistent, dull, somber, demure, steady, determined, resolute, involatile

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. volatileadjective

    a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor

    "it was heated to evaporate the volatiles"

    Antonyms:
    nonvolatilisable, nonvolatile, nonvolatilizable, unchangeable, constant, stable

  2. volatileadjective

    evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures

    "volatile oils"; "volatile solvents"

    Synonyms:
    explosive, fickle

    Antonyms:
    nonvolatilisable, unchangeable, nonvolatilizable, stable, nonvolatile, constant

  3. explosive, volatileadjective

    liable to lead to sudden change or violence

    "an explosive issue"; "a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation"

    Synonyms:
    explosive, fickle

    Antonyms:
    nonvolatilizable, nonvolatilisable, unchangeable, stable, nonvolatile, constant

  4. fickle, volatileadjective

    marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments

    "fickle friends"; "a flirt's volatile affections"

    Synonyms:
    quicksilver(a), explosive, fickle, mercurial, erratic

    Antonyms:
    nonvolatilizable, stable, nonvolatile, nonvolatilisable, unchangeable, constant

  5. volatileadjective

    tending to vary often or widely

    "volatile stocks"; "volatile emotions"

    Synonyms:
    explosive, fickle

    Antonyms:
    stable, nonvolatilisable, nonvolatile, unchangeable, nonvolatilizable, constant

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. volatileadjective

    Synonyms:
    evaporable

  2. volatileadjective

    Synonyms:
    airy, gay, lively, jolly, sprightly, vivacious, buoyant, full of spirit, jocund

  3. volatileadjective

    Synonyms:
    fickle, changeable, giddy, inconstant, flighty, reckless, uncircumspect, wild, hare-brained, HARUM-SCARUM

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. volatileadjective

    Synonyms:
    changeable

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How to use volatile in a sentence?

  1. Brad Bechtel:

    Will the Fed react negatively to a 300k print? Likely not, with the momentum on taper already really high the Fed will have a hard time making an about face after a small miss on what has been a very volatile series, if we were to see something more extreme like a negative NFP print for example, then we could have a different story and the Fed may be forced to at least pause.

  2. Shogo Maekawa:

    It's a risk that we can't trade for 10 days even if something volatile happens in overseas markets.

  3. Aaron David Miller:

    It works very well with Evangelicals. It works very well with about a quarter of the American Jewish community, it works with conservative Republicans. And these are issues that are highly volatile and play extremely well.

  4. Tom Donino:

    It's either shorts covering, because they don't want to be short tomorrow ahead of the Fed meeting, or it's people that want to be long getting long in front of the Fed, the market's going to be volatile tomorrow.

  5. The Danish company:

    From a sales and market perspective, the first quarter has increased the uncertainty as to how volatile currency, grain and energy markets may change our customers' priorities short term in Household Care and Bioenergy (divisions), however, as a result of our diversified business and strong agriculture and food markets, we expect organic sales growth of 7-9 percent in 2015.


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