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volatile

• (a) evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures
  • volatile oils
  • volatile solvents
• (s) liable to lead to sudden change or violence
  • an explosive issue
  • a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation
  explosive,
• (s) marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments
  • fickle friends
  • a flirt's volatile affections
  fickle,
• (s) tending to vary often or widely
  • volatile stocks
  • volatile emotions

Nouns

• (n) a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor
  • it was heated to evaporate the volatiles

Synonyms

explosive fickle

Antonyms

nonvolatile nonvolatilisable nonvolatilizable

See also

inconstant

Words of close approximity