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

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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

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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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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

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1. volatileadjective

   Synonyms:
   changeable

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1. List of paraphrases for "volatile":

   unstable, explosive, per-session, restive, troubled, volatility, precarious, turbulent, unsettled, fragile, erasable, unpredictable, unsteady, erratic, shaky, fluctuating, tense, uncertain

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1. Todd Rosenbluth:

   This is going to continue to be a volatile ETF.

2. C. C. Wei:

   Even if a correction were to occur, we believe it could be less volatile for Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. due to our technology leadership position and the structural megatrend.

3. David Fyfe:

   Certainly the balances have all moved in the same direction, acknowledging that several months of $50 oil is going to cause a supply-side reaction and I wouldn't disagree with that, but it is still a little too early be calling a floor for prices having been reached. I think we're going to have a pretty choppy, pretty volatile first half.

4. Haris Anwar:

   I continue to see a very volatile 2019 for Tesla and its shares.

5. Elvis Picardo:

   It's been an unusually volatile month ... (Yellen's) comments yesterday about the likelihood of rates going up this year seems to have given some comfort to the market.