Synonyms for instability
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Noun
1. Volatility — the quality of being unstable
volatility, fickleness, mutability, unstableness, inconstancy, changeableness, unstability rare
Definitions
- n. 1
The quality of being unstable.
Related words
- Word family
- instable
Forms
- Plural
- instabilities → volatilities, ficklenesses, mutabilities, unstablenesses…
Example sentences
- volatility Continuing volatility is a safe bet in today's market.
- insecurity Gazans are facing high levels of food insecurity.
- imbalance Love is simply a temporary hormonal imbalance.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| instability | steady | |
| volatility | rising | |
| mutability | steady | |
| fickleness | steady | |
| unstableness | falling | |
| insecurity | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 9 letters
- imbalance3
- 10 letters
- insecurity5, volatility5, mutability, fickleness3
- 11 letters
- inconstancy4, unstability
- 12 letters
- unsteadiness, unstableness
- 14 letters
- precariousness, changeableness, tergiversation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (imbalance3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- instabilité
- Italiano
- instabilità