Fickle

//ˈfɪk.əl//

Synonyms for "fickle" (184 found)

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Strong matches (55)

Related words (92)

momentary moody mortal mugwumpian mugwumpish mutable nondurable nonpermanent not true to of bad faith of two minds passing perishable polysemous rambling recreant restless roving scatterbrained shapeless

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Adjective(2 words)

quicksilver volatile

Adjective(2 words)

roving vertiginous

Related word relations

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7 relation types

Synonyms

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quicksilver

derived

8 entries

fickle finger of fate fickle mistress fickleness ficklesome ficklety fickly fucked by the fickle finger of fate unfickle

derived from

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fike

etymologically related_to

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fike

has context

2 entries

dialectal uk

related to

11 entries

allegiance changeable deceive flatter insincere loyal nonplus opinion perplex puzzle reliable

similar

4 entries

changeable changeful inconstant

Translations

116 translations across 35 languages.

Armenian

1 entries

հեղհեղուկ adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)

Belarusian

2 entries

зме́нлівы adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
непастая́нны adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)

Bengali

2 entries

অস্থির adj (changeable)
খামখেয়ালী adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)

Bulgarian

3 entries

непостоя́нен adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
отмятащ се adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
проме́нлив adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)

Catalan

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inconstant adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

多變 /多变 adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
薄情 adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)

Czech

4 entries

nestálý adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
nestálý adj (changeable)
přelétavý adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
vrtkavý adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)

Danish

3 entries

lunefuld adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
vankelmodig adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
vægelsindet adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)

Dutch

4 entries

grillig adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
onberekenbaar adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
onbestendig adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
onbetrouwbaar adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)

Esperanto

1 entries

nefidinda adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)

Finnish

4 entries

ailahteleva adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
huikenteleva adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
häilyvä adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
vaihteleva adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)

French

4 entries

capricieux adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
changeant adj (changeable)
inconstant adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
indécis adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)

Galician

3 entries

antolladizo adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
caprichoso adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
volúbel adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)

German

4 entries

flatterhaft adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
launisch adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
unbeständig adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
unbeständig adj (changeable)

Greek

2 entries

άστατος adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
ευμετάβλητος adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)

Icelandic

2 entries

hverflyndur adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
óstöðugur adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)

Italian

4 entries

capriccioso adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
incostante adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
mutevole adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
volubile adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)

Japanese

2 entries

気が多い adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
気まぐれな adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)

Korean

1 entries

변덕(變德)스럽다 adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)

Latin

3 entries

inconstans adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
inconstans adj (changeable)
instabilis adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)

Macedonian

4 entries

ме́нлив adj (changeable)
непо́стојан adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
про́менлив adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
про́менлив adj (changeable)

Māori

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taurangi adj (changeable)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

lunefull adj (changeable)
skiftende adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
skiftende adj (changeable)
ubestemmelig adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)

Occitan

4 entries

cambiadís adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
cambiadís adj (changeable)
capriciós adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
inconstant adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)

Persian

2 entries

حزبِ باد adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
دمدمی مزاج adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)

Portuguese

3 entries

caprichoso adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
volátil adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
volúvel adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)

Romanian

4 entries

capricios adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
inconstant adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
schimbător adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
schimbător adj (changeable)

Russian

4 entries

ве́треный adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
непостоя́нный adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
переме́нчивый adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
переме́нчивый adj (changeable)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

leam-leat adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

hirovit adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
mušičav adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
nepostojan adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
prevrtljiv adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)

Spanish

4 entries

inconstante adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
pendular adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
veleidoso adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
voluble adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)

Swedish

2 entries

nyckfull adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
ombytlig adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)

Tagalog

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balimbing adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)

Turkish

4 entries

caygın adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
dönek adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
hercai adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
kahpe adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)

Ukrainian

4 entries

змінли́вий adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
мінли́вий adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
непості́йний adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)
неста́лий adj (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The weather is fickle.

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Man is as fickle as autumn weather.

Source: tatoeba (276923)

Cats are fickle creatures.

Source: tatoeba (709113)

I'll eat almost anything, but I'm very fickle when it comes to cheese.

Source: tatoeba (1658404)

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