Synonyms for inconstant
- adjective
Most common
volatile fickle changeable mutable variable unstable capricious vacillating
All synonyms
Adjective
mutable, fickle, changeable, volatile, capricious, variable, unstable, vacillating, uncertain, mercurial, restless, fluctuating, unsteady, wavering, unfaithful, unsettled, flighty, fitful, disloyal, desultory, mobile, untrue, false, flexible, slippery, various, versatile, vagrant, giddy, irresolute, unsteadfast, erratic, irregular, faithless, wandering, roving, unloyal, recreant, changeful rare, trothless formal dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not constant; wavering.
Related words
- Word family
- inconstancy
Example sentences
- volatile The situation in Morocco is actually very volatile.
- fickle Women are very fickle. Trusting them is foolish.
- changeable The weather is very changeable at this time of year.
- mutable All these things are ultimately mutable.
- variable Now remember, our variable is still undefined.
- unstable Back in the 1990s, Algeria was incredibly unstable.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| inconstant | falling | |
| volatile | steady | |
| fickle | rising | |
| changeable | rising | |
| mutable | rising | |
| variable | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- false1, giddy2
- 6 letters
- mobile2, untrue2, fickle2, roving2, fitful2
- 7 letters
- various3, erratic3, vagrant2, mutable3, flighty2, unloyal
- 8 letters
- variable4, flexible3, unstable3, volatile3, restless2, slippery3, wavering3, disloyal3, unsteady3, recreant
- 9 letters
- uncertain3, wandering3, versatile3, irregular4, unsettled3, mercurial4, faithless, desultory4, changeful, trothless
- 10 letters
- unfaithful3, changeable3, capricious3, irresolute
- 11 letters
- fluctuating4, vacillating4, unsteadfast
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (giddy2 = 2 syllables).