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Definitions for Volatile
[1] evaporating rapidly; passing off readily in the form of vapor: Acetone is a volatile solvent.
[2] tending or threatening to break out into open violence; explosive: a volatile political situation.
[3] changeable; mercurial; flighty: a volatile disposition.
[4] (of prices, values, etc.) tending to fluctuate sharply and regularly: volatile market conditions.
[5] fleeting; transient: volatile beauty.
[6] Computers . of or relating to storage that does not retain data when electrical power is turned off or fails.
[7] able to fly or flying.
[8] a volatile substance, as a gas or solvent.
[9] (of a substance) capable of readily changing from a solid or liquid form to a vapour; having a high vapour pressure and a low boiling point
[10] (of persons) disposed to caprice or inconstancy; fickle; mercurial
[11] (of circumstances) liable to sudden, unpredictable, or explosive change
[12] lasting only a short time volatile business interests
[13] computing (of a memory) not retaining stored information when the power supply is cut off
[14] obsolete flying or capable of flight; volant
[15] a volatile substance
[16] rare a winged creature
Words related to Volatile
elusive, unsettled, ticklish, fickle, unstable, buoyant, resilient, capricious, erratic, gay, elastic, light, ephemeral, fugitive, transient, imponderable, variable, airy, effervescent, expansive
Words nearby Volatile
volante, volapuk, volapük, volar, volary, volatile, volatile oil, volatile salt, volatility index, volatilization, volatilize
Origin of Volatile
1250–1300; Middle English < Latin volātilis, equivalent to volāt(us ) (past participle of volāre to fly; see -ate1) + -ilis -ile
Other words from Volatile
vol·a·til·i·ty [vol-uh -til -i-tee] /ˌvɒl əˈtɪl ɪ ti/ , vol·a·tile·ness , noun
non·vol·a·til·i·ty , noun
sem·i·vol·a·tile , adjective
un·vol·a·tile , adjective
Word origin for Volatile
C17: from Latin volātīlis flying, from volāre to fly
Synonyms for Volatile
buoyant, capricious, elusive, erratic, fickle, resilient, ticklish, unsettled, unstable, elastic, ephemeral, fugitive, gay, imponderable, light, transient, variable, airy, effervescent, expansive, fleeting, flighty, flippant, frivolous, fugacious, gaseous, giddy, impermanent, inconsistent, inconstant, lively, lubricious, mercurial, momentary, playful, short-lived, sprightly, subtle, temperamental, transitory, unsteady, up-and-down, vaporous, whimsical