VICISSITUDINOUS Synonyms

• marked by continuous change or effective action

• marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments

• liable to sudden unpredictable change

• having unpredictable ups and downs

• displaying a lack of consistency

• not capable of being made consistent or harmonious

• not in agreement

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

• contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice

• (used of the military) not belonging to or engaged in by regular army forces

• (of solids) not having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume must be determined with the principle of liquid displacement

• a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment

• merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name

• not occurring at a regular rate or fixed intervals

• failing to meet a standard of manufacture due to an imperfection

• deviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal

• lacking continuity or regularity

• (of a surface or shape); not level or flat or symmetrical

• independent in behavior or thought

• 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

• the act of moving from one place to another

• continuously varying

• changing position or direction

• (of soil) unstable

• not capable of being foretold

• unknown in advance

• not occurring at a regular rate or fixed intervals

• still in doubt

• not settled or established

• subject to change

• not yet settled

• 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

• subject to change or variation

• not firmly or solidly positioned

• 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