ERRATIC Synonyms

• relating to or containing or caused by mercury

• relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury

• relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury

• liable to sudden unpredictable change

• based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice

• changeable

• determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason

• such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change

• occurring in spells and often abruptly

• intermittently stopping and starting

• guided by whim and fancy

• unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

• having unpredictable ups and downs

• proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus

• without forethought

• having the power of driving or impelling

• determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason

• characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation

• displaying a lack of consistency

• not capable of being made consistent or harmonious

• not in agreement

• not worthy of reliance or trust

• liable to be erroneous or misleading

• not capable of being foretold

• unknown in advance

• not occurring at a regular rate or fixed intervals

• not worthy of reliance or trust

• liable to be erroneous or misleading

• dangerously unstable and unpredictable

• lacking a sense of responsibility

• subject to change or variation

• not firmly or solidly positioned

• uncertain in purpose or action

• liable to or capable of change

• something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation

• a quantity that can assume any of a set of values

• a star that varies noticeably in brightness

• a symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity

• marked by diversity or difference

• (used of a device) designed so that a property (as e.g. light) can be varied

• evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures

• a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor

• liable to lead to sudden change or violence

• marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments

• tending to vary often or widely

• indecision in speech or action

• the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes

• uncertain in purpose or action

• resistant to guidance or discipline

• determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason