What is another word for mercurial?
697 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ mɜːkjˈʊɹɪəl], [ mɜːkjˈʊɹɪəl], [ m_ɜː_k_j_ˈʊ_ɹ_ɪ__ə_l]
When looking for synonyms of the word "mercurial," it's important to consider the various meanings of the term. Typically, the word is used to describe someone or something that is volatile, changeable, or unpredictable. Therefore, related terms might include erratic, capricious, fickle, flighty, whimsical, or volatile. However, it's also possible to use "mercurial" in a more positive sense, such as to describe someone who is lively, lively, or enthusiastic, in which case synonyms might include vivacious, exuberant, effervescent, buoyant, or high-spirited. Ultimately, the choice of synonym will depend on the specific context in which the word is being used.
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Similar words for mercurial:
- capricious (adjective)
- changeable (adjective)
- excitable (adjective)
- temperamental (adjective)
- agile (adjective)
- erratic (adjective)
- fickle (adjective)
- fleet (adjective)
- flighty (adjective)
- fluid (adjective)
- flying (adjective)
- ideal (adjective)
- inconsistent (adjective)
- inconstant (adjective)
- mercurial (adjective)
- moody (adjective)
- quick (adjective)
- rapid (adjective)
- ticklish (adjective)
- unstable (adjective)
- unstable/unsteady (adjective)
- variable (adjective)
- volatile (adjective)
Synonyms for Mercurial:
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adj.
• capricious- Humorsome ,
- Vagarious ,
- YOYO ,
- any way the wind blows ,
- changeful ,
- Punchy ,
- arbitrary ,
- careless ,
- contrary ,
- every which way ,
- helter-skelter ,
- notional ,
- odd ,
- oddest ,
- queer ,
- unreasonable ,
- up and down .
- Permutable ,
- Transposable ,
- Vicissitudinous ,
- adaptable ,
- adjustable ,
- alterable ,
- commutative ,
- convertible ,
- ever-changing ,
- flexible ,
- flighty ,
- inconstant ,
- irresolute ,
- modifiable ,
- movable ,
- mutable ,
- precarious ,
- protean ,
- reformable ,
- restless ,
- reversible ,
- revocable ,
- shifting ,
- transformable ,
- unsettled ,
- unsteady ,
- vacillating ,
- varying ,
- versatile ,
- wavering ,
- agitated ,
- kaleidoscopic ,
- variant .
- Agitable ,
- Alarmable ,
- Hot-headed ,
- hottempered ,
- over-zealous ,
- short fused ,
- volcanic ,
- demonstrative ,
- fierce ,
- fiery ,
- hot-tempered ,
- impatient ,
- inflammable ,
- intolerant ,
- irascible ,
- neurotic ,
- overzealous ,
- passionate ,
- peevish ,
- rash ,
- sensitive ,
- susceptible ,
- uneasy ,
- vehement ,
- violent .
- acute ,
- athletic ,
- bustling ,
- dexterous ,
- limber ,
- lithe ,
- mercurial ,
- quick-witted ,
- ready ,
- sportive ,
- stirring ,
- supple ,
- vigorous ,
- zippy .
- aberrant ,
- abnormal ,
- anomalous ,
- bizarre ,
- devious ,
- dicey ,
- idiosyncratic ,
- iffy ,
- incalculable ,
- meandering ,
- oddball ,
- peculiar ,
- strange ,
- stray ,
- unnatural ,
- unusual ,
- weird .
- dingbat ,
- empty-headed ,
- featherbrained ,
- harebrained ,
- lightheaded ,
- silly ,
- thoughtless ,
- twit ,
- unbalanced .
- aero nautical ,
- aero-nautical ,
- ex press ,
- ex-press ,
- more aeronautical ,
- more airborne ,
- more avian ,
- more drifting ,
- more flapping ,
- more fluttering ,
- more gliding ,
- more hovering ,
- more plumed ,
- more streaming ,
- more swooping ,
- more volant ,
- more volar ,
- more volitant ,
- more waving ,
- more winging ,
- more zooming ,
- most aeronautical ,
- most airborne ,
- most avian ,
- most drifting ,
- most flapping ,
- most fluttering ,
- most gliding ,
- most hovering ,
- most plumed ,
- most streaming ,
- most swooping ,
- most volant ,
- most volar ,
- most volitant ,
- most waving ,
- most winging ,
- most zooming ,
- on wing ,
- volar ,
- waving .
- high flown ,
- highflown ,
- hypo thetical ,
- hypo-thetical ,
- in the clouds ,
- ivorytower ,
- more ivory tower ,
- more ivory-tower ,
- more ivorytower ,
- more out of reach ,
- more out-of-reach ,
- more transcendental ,
- most ideal ,
- most ivory tower ,
- most ivory-tower ,
- most ivorytower ,
- most out of reach ,
- most out-of-reach ,
- un attainable ,
- un earthlier ,
- un earthliest ,
- un earthly ,
- un-attainable ,
- un-earthlier ,
- un-earthliest ,
- un-earthly ,
- un-real .
- dis sonant ,
- dis-sonant ,
- in compatible ,
- in congruent ,
- in congruous ,
- in consistent ,
- in-coherent ,
- in-compatible ,
- in-congruent ,
- in-congruous ,
- in-consistent ,
- out step .
- down dumps ,
- down mouth ,
- down the dumps ,
- down the mouth ,
- ill humored ,
- ill tempered ,
- ill-humored ,
- illhumored ,
- illtempered ,
- in huff ,
- introspective ,
- more ill humored ,
- more ill-humored ,
- more illhumored ,
- more moping ,
- more piqued ,
- more splenetic ,
- most ill humored ,
- most ill-humored ,
- most illhumored ,
- most moping ,
- most piqued ,
- most splenetic ,
- out sorts ,
- short tempered ,
- shorttempered ,
- splenetic .
- harefooted ,
- head long ,
- head-long ,
- instantaneous ,
- lead out ,
- more harefooted ,
- most harefooted ,
- post haste ,
- post-haste ,
- quickest .
- fleet foot ,
- light footed ,
- lightfooted ,
- like a house fire ,
- like house fire ,
- like house on fire ,
- more light footed ,
- more light-footed ,
- more lightfooted ,
- more quickened ,
- most light footed ,
- most light-footed ,
- most lightfooted ,
- most quickened ,
- quick as wink .
- Teetering ,
- in secure ,
- in securer ,
- in securest ,
- in-secure ,
- in-securer ,
- in-securest ,
- more teetering ,
- more weaving ,
- most teetering ,
- most weaving ,
- un stabler ,
- un stablest ,
- un steadier ,
- un steadiest ,
- un steady ,
- un-stabler ,
- un-stablest ,
- un-steadier ,
- un-steadiest ,
- un-steady ,
- un-trustworthy ,
- unsteadiest ,
- wigglier ,
- wiggliest .
Other synonyms:
- fast .
- uncertain .
- ideal ,
- schizoid ,
- unpredictable .
- fantastic .
Other relevant words:
• changeful
• nimble
• noun
- Aliped ,
- Cupreous ,
- Deviating ,
- Deviatory ,
- Displaceable ,
- Diversiform ,
- Eagle-winged ,
- Ferruginous ,
- Flitting ,
- Hustling ,
- Light-legged ,
- Livelily ,
- Mercurially ,
- Motory ,
- Nickelic ,
- Nickeline ,
- Pewtery ,
- Unequable ,
- Unstaid ,
- Unsteadfast ,
- Vicissitudinary ,
- active ,
- actively ,
- activist ,
- activistic ,
- adrift ,
- adroit ,
- afloat ,
- alert ,
- alive ,
- alter ,
- alternating ,
- ambitendent ,
- ambivalent ,
- amorphous ,
- animated ,
- apprehensive ,
- at loose ends ,
- aureate ,
- blowing hot and cold ,
- bouncing ,
- bouncy ,
- brass ,
- brassy ,
- brazen ,
- breakneck ,
- breezy ,
- bright ,
- brisk ,
- bronze ,
- bronzy ,
- bubbleheaded ,
- bubbly ,
- buoyant ,
- buoyantly ,
- chafing ,
- chameleon-like ,
- chameleonic ,
- chipper ,
- choppy ,
- chutzpadik ,
- clever ,
- commute ,
- copper ,
- coppery ,
- coquettish ,
- crotchety ,
- cunning ,
- cuprous ,
- dashing ,
- desultory ,
- deviative ,
- different ,
- disloyal ,
- disorderly ,
- displace ,
- distortable ,
- disturb ,
- divaricate ,
- divergent ,
- diversified ,
- dizzy ,
- double-minded ,
- double-quick ,
- dubious ,
- ebullient ,
- eccentric ,
- edgy ,
- effervescent ,
- elastic ,
- electric ,
- emotional ,
- energetic ,
- erose ,
- erratic ,
- erratically ,
- excitable ,
- expansive ,
- expeditious ,
- expeditiously ,
- express ,
- faddish ,
- faithless ,
- fanciful ,
- fence-sitting ,
- fence-straddling ,
- ferrous ,
- feverish ,
- fidgety ,
- fitful ,
- flaky ,
- fleet ,
- fleetly ,
- flickering ,
- flip ,
- flirtatious ,
- fluctuating ,
- flying ,
- formless ,
- frisky ,
- frivolous ,
- full of life ,
- full of pep ,
- fussy ,
- gaga ,
- gaily ,
- galloping ,
- galvanic ,
- gay ,
- giddy ,
- gilt ,
- gladly ,
- gold ,
- gold-filled ,
- gold-plated ,
- golden ,
- hair-trigger ,
- hastily ,
- hasty ,
- headlong ,
- high-strung ,
- highly strung ,
- hot-blooded ,
- hurried ,
- hysterical ,
- impetuous ,
- impulsive ,
- in motion ,
- indecisive ,
- indefinite ,
- inferior planet ,
- infirm ,
- ingenious ,
- insecure ,
- iron ,
- ironlike ,
- irregular ,
- irrepressible ,
- irresponsible ,
- jagged ,
- jauntily ,
- jerky ,
- jovially ,
- jumpy ,
- labile ,
- lead ,
- leaden ,
- light ,
- light-footed ,
- lighthearted ,
- lightly ,
- lissome ,
- live ,
- lively ,
- lubricious ,
- mad ,
- mazy ,
- mercurous ,
- merrily ,
- metal ,
- metallic element ,
- militant ,
- mobile ,
- moody ,
- motile ,
- motive ,
- motley ,
- moving ,
- negotiable ,
- nervous ,
- nickel ,
- nimble ,
- nimble-footed ,
- nomadic ,
- nonconformist ,
- nonstandard ,
- nonuniform ,
- of two minds ,
- peppy ,
- perky ,
- permute ,
- pert ,
- pewter ,
- planetary ,
- plastic ,
- pliant ,
- pluralistic ,
- portable ,
- precipitate ,
- prompt ,
- promptly ,
- quick ,
- quick-tempered ,
- quickly ,
- quicksilver ,
- quirky ,
- racy ,
- ragged ,
- rambling ,
- rapid ,
- rapidly ,
- rarely vacillant ,
- readily ,
- reckless ,
- replace ,
- resilient ,
- restive ,
- restlessly ,
- roman deity ,
- rough ,
- roving ,
- running ,
- scatterbrained ,
- shapeless ,
- sharp ,
- sharply ,
- shifty ,
- shuffling ,
- silver ,
- silver-plated ,
- silvery ,
- skittish ,
- smacking ,
- smartly ,
- snappy ,
- spanking ,
- spasmodic ,
- speedily ,
- speedy ,
- spineless ,
- spirited ,
- spiritedly ,
- sporadic ,
- sprightly ,
- spry ,
- steel ,
- steely ,
- suddenly ,
- supersede ,
- swift ,
- swiftly ,
- telegraphic ,
- temperamental ,
- tergiversating ,
- terrestrial planet ,
- testy ,
- tin ,
- tinny ,
- tottery ,
- touchy ,
- toying ,
- transferable ,
- transitional ,
- translate ,
- transportable ,
- unaccountable ,
- uncontrolled ,
- undecided ,
- undependable ,
- undetermined ,
- undisciplined ,
- unequal ,
- uneven ,
- unfaithful ,
- unfixed ,
- unformed ,
- unorthodox ,
- unquiet ,
- unreliable ,
- unresolved ,
- unrestrained ,
- unsure ,
- unsystematic ,
- untrustworthy ,
- up-and-down ,
- vacillate ,
- vagrant ,
- vague ,
- variegated ,
- variform ,
- various ,
- vary ,
- vivacious ,
- vivaciously ,
- vivid ,
- wandering ,
- wanton ,
- wavery ,
- wavy ,
- wayward ,
- wild ,
- winged ,
- wishy-washy ,
- yo-yo ,
- zingy .
- Barreling ,
- Fluctuant ,
- Spright ,
- Winging ,
- a move on ,
- aeronautical ,
- airborne ,
- airheaded ,
- at odds ,
- at variance ,
- bipolar ,
- birdbrained ,
- changeable ,
- dingdong ,
- directionless ,
- down in dumps ,
- down in mouth ,
- down in the dumps ,
- easy-moving ,
- emptyheaded ,
- fickle ,
- fleet of foot ,
- fluid ,
- in a huff ,
- in clouds ,
- in conflict ,
- in doldrums ,
- in the doldrums ,
- ivory-tower ,
- like a house on fire ,
- like greased lightning ,
- move it ,
- not fixed ,
- on the wing ,
- out of reach ,
- out of step ,
- out-of-reach ,
- quick as a wink ,
- quick on the draw ,
- quick on the trigger ,
- quick on trigger ,
- really rolling ,
- speedball ,
- the lead out ,
- tottering ,
- twinkle toes ,
- undirected ,
- unstable ,
- variable ,
- volant ,
- volatile ,
- volitant ,
- wiggly .
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How to use "Mercurial" in context?
Mercurial is an open source distributed version control system originally created by Mercurial Inc. It is written in Python and uses a distributed, uniform model for version control. Mercurial is considered an advanced revision control system for large projects. It can keep track of changes made to files, branches, and versions of files.
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