VOLATILITY
Dictionary entry overview: What does volatility mean?
• VOLATILITY (noun)
The noun VOLATILITY has 3 senses:
1. the property of changing readily from a solid or liquid to a vapor
2. the trait of being unpredictably irresolute
3. being easily excited
Familiarity information: VOLATILITY used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• VOLATILITY (noun)
Meaning:
The property of changing readily from a solid or liquid to a vapor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("volatility" is a kind of...):
chemical property (a property used to characterize materials in reactions that change their identity)
Meaning:
The trait of being unpredictably irresolute
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
unpredictability; volatility
Context example:
the volatility of the market drove many investors away
Hypernyms ("volatility" is a kind of...):
irresoluteness; irresolution (the trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose)
Meaning:
Being easily excited
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
excitableness; excitability; volatility
Hypernyms ("volatility" is a kind of...):
emotionalism; emotionality (emotional nature or quality)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "volatility"):
boiling point (being highly angry or excited; ready to boil over)
