fickle

adjective

fick·le ˈfi-kəl How to pronounce fickle (audio)

: marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness

fickleness noun

fickly

ˈfi-k(ə-)lē How to pronounce fickle (audio)

adverb

Example Sentences

The Weak will suck up to the Strong, for fear of losing their jobs and their money and all the fickle power they wielded only twenty-four hours ago.

Hunter S. Thompson, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2004 The corporate fan who has replaced the core fan is a fickle beast, choosy about which games he'll use his precious free time to attend.

E. M. Swift, Sports Illustrated, 15 May 2000 A failed play was a denial of what Odets was owed, for he was chasing the public no differently than did his bourgeois and nonrevolutionary contemporaries, a public as fickle as it always was and is.

Arthur Miller, Harper's, March 1999 War is like hard-drug abuse or a fickle lover, an apparently contradictory bolt of compulsion, agony and ecstasy that draws you back in the face of better judgment time and time again.

Anthony Loyd, My War Gone By, 1999 He blames poor sales on fickle consumers. a fickle friendship that was on and off over the years See More

Recent Examples on the Web But support from Reddit and other corners of the internet can be fickle, and taking advantage of stock gains to overhaul physical businesses is no easy endeavor.

Julia Horowitz, CNN, 23 Aug. 2022 EVs can sometimes be fickle to top off; the Lightning was set to charge all the way but instead stopped at 94 percent.

Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2022 Buzz is essential to fast food companies, which have to battle for notoriously fickle customers who don't have much brand loyalty.

Danielle Wiener-bronner, CNN, 3 Aug. 2022 But users are notoriously fickle, and complaints often don’t align with their behavior.

Taylor Lorenz, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2022 But users are notoriously fickle, and complaints often don’t align with their behavior.

Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 27 July 2022 How such games might draw from South Florida's notoriously fickle baseball fans is questionable.

Cesar Brioso, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2022 But forecasting is notoriously fickle, and there is little accountability for misguided predictions.

Devon Powers, Wired, 30 Dec. 2021 Issues in group dynamics could get blown out of all sense of proportion today, thanks to a harsh angle between fickle Mercury and severe Pluto in your 11th House of Social Networks and Global Communications.

Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 30 Dec. 2021 See More

fickle

adjective

as in volatile

likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly a fickle friendship that was on and off over the years

Synonyms & Similar Words

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volatile
unpredictable
changeful
unstable
inconsistent
capricious
mercurial
variable
uncertain
temperamental
inconstant
changeable
fluctuating
mutable
unsettled
erratic
skittish
unsteady
unreliable
fluid
random
scattered
flickery
arbitrary
ambivalent
vacillating
haphazard
wavering
shaky
aimless
stray
dicey
untrustworthy
up in the air
undependable
slapdash
desultory
protean
hit-or-miss
versatile
hesitating
adaptable
irregular
mobile
shilly-shallying
shilly-shally

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

constant
certain
predictable
unchanging
stable
immutable
invariable
steady
unchangeable
stationary
changeless
persistent
unvarying
settled
permanent
uniform
equable
even
durable
abiding
true
reliable
lasting
dependable
trustworthy
sure
trusty
tried
tried-and-true

as in traitorous

not true in one's allegiance to someone or something when the family's fortune disappeared, so did their fickle friends

Synonyms & Similar Words

traitorous
unreliable
treacherous
inconstant
faithless
disloyal
unfaithful
false
perfidious
untrue
untrustworthy
uncertain
undependable
vacillating
wavering
recreant
irresponsible
hesitant
faltering
irresolute
uninterested
apathetic
dispassionate
dubious
trustless

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

loyal
constant
faithful
true
steadfast
steady
devout
fast
reliable
staunch
dependable
responsible
devoted
trustworthy
dedicated
solid
dutiful
trusty
stanch
unfaltering
resolute
determined
tried
trustable
passionate
unhesitating
inveterate
unwavering
ardent
fervent
intent
enthusiastic
down-the-line
impassioned
avid
confirmed
tried-and-true
fervid
sworn
dyed-in-the-wool

Synonym Chooser

Some common synonyms of fickle are capricious, inconstant, mercurial, and unstable. While all these words mean "lacking firmness or steadiness (as in purpose or devotion)," fickle suggests unreliability because of perverse changeability and incapacity for steadfastness.

performers discover how fickle fans can be

In some situations, the words capricious and fickle are roughly equivalent. However, capricious suggests motivation by sudden whim or fancy and stresses unpredictability.

an utterly capricious critic

The meanings of inconstant and fickle largely overlap; however, inconstant implies an incapacity for steadiness and an inherent tendency to change.

an inconstant friend

While the synonyms mercurial and fickle are close in meaning, mercurial implies a rapid changeability in mood.

made anxious by her boss's mercurial temperament

The synonyms unstable and fickle are sometimes interchangeable, but unstable implies an incapacity for remaining in a fixed position or steady course and applies especially to a lack of emotional balance.

too unstable to hold a job

单词	fickle
释义	fickle adjective fick·le ˈfi-kəl : marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness fickleness noun fickly ˈfi-k(ə-)lē adverb Synonyms capricious changeable changeful flickery fluctuating fluid inconsistent inconstant mercurial mutable skittish temperamental uncertain unpredictable unsettled unstable unsteady variable volatile See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences The Weak will suck up to the Strong, for fear of losing their jobs and their money and all the fickle power they wielded only twenty-four hours ago. Hunter S. Thompson, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2004 The corporate fan who has replaced the core fan is a fickle beast, choosy about which games he'll use his precious free time to attend. E. M. Swift, Sports Illustrated, 15 May 2000 A failed play was a denial of what Odets was owed, for he was chasing the public no differently than did his bourgeois and nonrevolutionary contemporaries, a public as fickle as it always was and is. Arthur Miller, Harper's, March 1999 War is like hard-drug abuse or a fickle lover, an apparently contradictory bolt of compulsion, agony and ecstasy that draws you back in the face of better judgment time and time again. Anthony Loyd, My War Gone By, 1999 He blames poor sales on fickle consumers. a fickle friendship that was on and off over the years See More Recent Examples on the Web But support from Reddit and other corners of the internet can be fickle, and taking advantage of stock gains to overhaul physical businesses is no easy endeavor. Julia Horowitz, CNN, 23 Aug. 2022 EVs can sometimes be fickle to top off; the Lightning was set to charge all the way but instead stopped at 94 percent. Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2022 Buzz is essential to fast food companies, which have to battle for notoriously fickle customers who don't have much brand loyalty. Danielle Wiener-bronner, CNN, 3 Aug. 2022 But users are notoriously fickle, and complaints often don’t align with their behavior. Taylor Lorenz, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2022 But users are notoriously fickle, and complaints often don’t align with their behavior. Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 27 July 2022 How such games might draw from South Florida's notoriously fickle baseball fans is questionable. Cesar Brioso, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2022 But forecasting is notoriously fickle, and there is little accountability for misguided predictions. Devon Powers, Wired, 30 Dec. 2021 Issues in group dynamics could get blown out of all sense of proportion today, thanks to a harsh angle between fickle Mercury and severe Pluto in your 11th House of Social Networks and Global Communications. Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 30 Dec. 2021 See More Word History Etymology Middle English fikel deceitful, inconstant, from Old English ficol deceitful; akin to Old English befician to deceive, and probably to Old English fāh hostile — more at foe First Known Use 13th century, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition fickle adjective fick·le ˈfi-kəl : changing often : not reliable fickle friends fickle weather fickle adjective 1 as in volatile likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly a fickle friendship that was on and off over the years Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance volatile unpredictable changeful unstable inconsistent capricious mercurial variable uncertain temperamental inconstant changeable fluctuating mutable unsettled erratic skittish unsteady unreliable fluid random scattered flickery arbitrary ambivalent vacillating haphazard wavering shaky aimless stray dicey untrustworthy up in the air undependable slapdash desultory protean hit-or-miss versatile hesitating adaptable irregular mobile shilly-shallying shilly-shally Antonyms & Near Antonyms constant certain predictable unchanging stable immutable invariable steady unchangeable stationary changeless persistent unvarying settled permanent uniform equable even durable abiding true reliable lasting dependable trustworthy sure trusty tried tried-and-true See More 2 as in traitorous not true in one's allegiance to someone or something when the family's fortune disappeared, so did their fickle friends Synonyms & Similar Words traitorous unreliable treacherous inconstant faithless disloyal unfaithful false perfidious untrue untrustworthy uncertain undependable vacillating wavering recreant irresponsible hesitant faltering irresolute uninterested apathetic dispassionate dubious trustless Antonyms & Near Antonyms loyal constant faithful true steadfast steady devout fast reliable staunch dependable responsible devoted trustworthy dedicated solid dutiful trusty stanch unfaltering resolute determined tried trustable passionate unhesitating inveterate unwavering ardent fervent intent enthusiastic down-the-line impassioned avid confirmed tried-and-true fervid sworn dyed-in-the-wool See More Synonym Chooser Some common synonyms of fickle are capricious, inconstant, mercurial, and unstable. While all these words mean "lacking firmness or steadiness (as in purpose or devotion)," fickle suggests unreliability because of perverse changeability and incapacity for steadfastness. performers discover how fickle fans can be In some situations, the words capricious and fickle are roughly equivalent. However, capricious suggests motivation by sudden whim or fancy and stresses unpredictability. an utterly capricious critic The meanings of inconstant and fickle largely overlap; however, inconstant implies an incapacity for steadiness and an inherent tendency to change. an inconstant friend While the synonyms mercurial and fickle are close in meaning, mercurial implies a rapid changeability in mood. made anxious by her boss's mercurial temperament The synonyms unstable and fickle are sometimes interchangeable, but unstable implies an incapacity for remaining in a fixed position or steady course and applies especially to a lack of emotional balance. too unstable to hold a job
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