FICKLE
Dictionary entry overview: What does fickle mean? • FICKLE (adjective)
The adjective FICKLE has 2 senses:
1. marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments
2. liable to sudden unpredictable change
Familiarity information: FICKLE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FICKLE (adjective)
Meaning:
Marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments
Synonyms:
fickle; volatile
Context examples:
fickle friends / a flirt's volatile affections
Similar:
inconstant (likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable)
Meaning:
Liable to sudden unpredictable change
Synonyms:
mercurial; quicksilver; erratic; fickle
Context examples:
erratic behavior / fickle weather / mercurial twists of temperament / a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next
Similar:
changeable; changeful (such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change)
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