Defenition of the word volatile
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Defenition of the word volatile
- Tending to vary often or widely.
- Liable to lead to sudden change or violence.
- Evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures.
- Marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments.
- A volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor.
- liable to lead to sudden change or violence; "an explosive issue"; "a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation"
- marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments; "fickle friends"; "a flirt's volatile affections"
- tending to vary often or widely; "volatile stocks"; "volatile emotions"
- (chemistry) evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures; "volatile oils"; "volatile solvents"
- a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor; "it was heated to evaporate the volatiles"
- marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments; "fickle friends"; "a flirt''s volatile affections"
- evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures; "volatile oils"; "volatile solvents"
- a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor
- tending to vary often or widely
- marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments
- liable to lead to sudden change or violence
- evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures
Synonyms for the word volatile
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- capricious
- changeable
- dangerous
- explosive
- fickle
- hazardous
- hot-blooded
- hot-tempered
- impulsive
- precarious
- unpredictable
- unstable
Similar words in the volatile
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- changeable
- changeful
- evaporable
- inconstant
- unstable
- vaporific
- vaporizable
- volatile
- volatilisable
- volatilizable
Hypernyms for the word volatile
Antonyms for the word volatile
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- nonvolatile
- nonvolatilisable
- nonvolatilizable
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