VARIABLE QUANTITY Synonyms

• 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

• liable to sudden unpredictable change

• having no fixed course

• likely to perform unpredictably

• marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments

• liable to sudden unpredictable change

• capable of being changed

• able to flex; able to bend easily

• making or willing to make concessions

• able to adjust readily to different conditions

• bending and snapping back readily without breaking

• having unpredictable ups and downs

• a substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure

• continuous amorphous matter that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container: a liquid or a gas

• subject to change; variable

• characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape

• smooth and unconstrained in movement

• in cash or easily convertible to cash

• affording change (especially in social status)

• displaying a lack of consistency

• not capable of being made consistent or harmonious

• not in agreement

• 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

• 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

• the act of moving from one place to another

• continuously varying

• changing position or direction

• (of soil) unstable

• not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture

• not divisible by two

• (of a contest or contestants) not fairly matched as opponents

• variable and recurring at irregular intervals

• lacking consistency

• not capable of being foretold

• unknown in advance

• not occurring at a regular rate or fixed intervals

• subject to change or variation

• not firmly or solidly positioned

• marked by diversity or difference

• 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

• 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