MERCURIAL Synonyms

• not capable of being foretold

• unknown in advance

• not occurring at a regular rate or fixed intervals

• liable to sudden unpredictable change

• having no fixed course

• likely to perform unpredictably

• changeable

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

• capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature

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

• subject to change

• varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles

• guided by whim and fancy

• unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

• 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

• likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable

• capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature

• prone to frequent change; inconstant

• tending to undergo genetic mutation

• taking on different forms

• characterized by violent emotions or behavior

• (of the elements) as if showing violent anger

• lacking stability or fixity or firmness

• highly or violently reactive

• affording no ease or reassurance

• suffering from severe mental illness

• disposed to psychological variability

• subject to change; variable

• 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

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

• a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures

• liable to sudden unpredictable change