Synonyms for fickle
- adjective
Most common
changeable mercurial capricious inconstant erratic unreliable
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Changeable — quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable
changeable, mercurial, capricious, inconstant, flighty, variable, vacillating, uncertain, unstable, wavering, moody, unfaithful, unsettled, mutable, unsteady, fitful, giddy, light-headed, light, fanciful, versatile, double-minded
2. Erratic — changeable
erratic, unreliable, restless, mobile, raging, roving, vertiginous, desultory, wandering
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable.
- adj. 2
Changeable.
Related words
- Word family
- fickleness
- Phrases
- fickle mistress
Example sentences
- capricious Everyone is entitled to be capricious now and then.
- changeable The weather is very changeable at this time of year.
- unreliable Your only source of income has become unreliable.
- erratic We had to lessen the impact of the erratic supplies.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| fickle | rising | |
| mercurial | steady | |
| capricious | falling | |
| changeable | rising | |
| inconstant | falling | |
| unreliable | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- light1, moody2, giddy2
- 6 letters
- mobile2, raging2, roving2, fitful2
- 7 letters
- erratic3, flighty2, mutable3
- 8 letters
- variable4, unstable3, volatile3, restless2, fanciful3, wavering3, unsteady3
- 9 letters
- uncertain3, wandering3, versatile3, unsettled3, mercurial4, desultory4
- 10 letters
- unreliable5, unfaithful3, changeable3, capricious3, inconstant
- 11 letters
- vacillating4, vertiginous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (moody2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- inconstant
- Italiano
- incostante