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Fickle

Not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind; not firm in opinion or purpose; inconstant; capricious; as, Fortune's fickle wheel.

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Changeable 84% connected

Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable; variable; fickle; inconstant; as, a changeable humor.

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Changeable 84% connected

Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable; variable; fickle; inconstant; as, a changeable humor.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Changeful 84% connected

Full of change; mutable; inconstant; fickle; uncertain.

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Changeful 84% connected

Full of change; mutable; inconstant; fickle; uncertain.

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Inconstant 84% connected

Not constant; not stable or uniform; subject to change of character, appearance, opinion, inclination, or purpose, etc.; not firm; unsteady; fickle;…

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Inconstant 84% connected

Not constant; not stable or uniform; subject to change of character, appearance, opinion, inclination, or purpose, etc.; not firm; unsteady; fickle;…

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Fickleness 74% connected

The quality of being fickle; instability; inconsonancy.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Fickleness 74% connected

The quality of being fickle; instability; inconsonancy.

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Erratic 92% connected

Having no certain course; roving about without a fixed destination; wandering; moving; -- hence, applied to the planets as distinguished from the fix…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mercurial 92% connected

Having the qualities fabled to belong to the god Mercury; swift; active; sprightly; fickle; volatile; changeable; as, a mercurial youth; a mercurial…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Quicksilver 92% connected

The metal mercury; -- so called from its resemblance to liquid silver.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Volatile 92% connected

Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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