Volatile
adjective'vɑlətɪl
Adjective
liable to lead to sudden change or violence
“a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation”
Similar:Explosivemarked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments
“a flirt's volatile affections”
Similar:Fickleevaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures
“volatile oils”
“volatile solvents”
See also:Inconstanttending to vary often or widely
“volatile stocks”
“volatile emotions”
Noun
a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor
“it was heated to evaporate the volatiles”
Type of:Substance
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Similar Words
- Explosive
- Fickle
- Unstable
- Inconstant
- Volatilizable
- Evaporable
- Vaporizable
- Vapourific
- Vapourisable
- Volatilisable
- Vaporific
- Changeful
- Changeable
- Volatility
- Volatilize