volatile
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor
it was heated to evaporate the volatiles
Types & categories
- substance hypernym
Related & opposite
- volatile derivation
Sense 2 adjective
evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures
volatile oils
Related & opposite
- inconstant also see
- nonvolatile antonym
- volatility derivation
- volatile derivation
- volatilize derivation
- chemistry domain topic
- vaporific similar to
Sense 3 adjective
liable to lead to sudden change or violence
an explosive issue
Related & opposite
- excitableness derivation
- unstable similar to
Sense 4 adjective
marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments
fickle friends
Related & opposite
- inconstancy derivation
- inconstant similar to
Sense 5 adjective
tending to vary often or widely
volatile stocks
Related & opposite
- volatility derivation
- changeful similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | volatile |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | substance |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | inconstant |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | nonvolatile |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | volatility |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | volatile |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | volatilize |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chemistry |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | vaporific |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | excitableness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | unstable |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | inconstancy |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | inconstant |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | volatility |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | changeful |