volatile

volatile is a 8-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.
2. adjective. Capable of wasting away, or of easily passing into the aeriform state; subject to evaporation.
3. adjective. Fig.: Light-hearted; easily affected by circumstances; airy; lively; hence, changeable; fickle; as, a volatile temper.
4. noun. A winged animal; wild fowl; game.
5. noun. a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor

   "it was heated to evaporate the volatiles"

6. adjective. tending to vary often or widely

   "volatile stocks"

   "volatile emotions"

7. adjective. marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments

   "fickle friends"

   "a flirt's volatile affections"

   Synonyms: fickle

8. adjective. liable to lead to sudden change or violence

   "an explosive issue"

   "a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation"

   Synonyms: explosive

9. adjective. evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures

   "volatile oils"

   "volatile solvents"

Synonyms

fickle, explosive

Common word forms

volatiles, volatilely, volatileness

Words from these letters

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