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volatile
Overview of noun volatile
The noun volatile has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. volatile -- (a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor; "it was heated to evaporate the volatiles")
Overview of adj volatile
The adj volatile has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (5) volatile -- (evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures; "volatile oils"; "volatile solvents")
2. explosive, volatile -- (liable to lead to sudden change or violence; "an explosive issue"; "a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation")
3. fickle, volatile -- (marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments; "fickle friends"; "a flirt's volatile affections")
4. volatile -- (tending to vary often or widely; "volatile stocks"; "volatile emotions")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun volatile
1 sense of volatile
Sense 1
volatile
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun volatile
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun volatile
1 sense of volatile
Sense 1
volatile
=> substance, matter
Antonyms of noun volatile
Member Holonyms of noun volatile
Substance Holonyms of noun volatile
Part Holonyms of noun volatile
Member Meronyms of noun volatile
Substance Meronyms of noun volatile
Part Meronyms of noun volatile
Meronyms of noun volatile
Holonyms of noun volatile
Attributes of noun volatile
Derived Forms of noun volatile
Domain of noun volatile
Domain Terms of noun volatile
Familiarity of noun volatile
volatile used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun volatile
1 sense of volatile
Sense 1
volatile
> substance, matter
=> food, nutrient
=> ballast
=> bedding material, bedding, litter
=> body substance
=> protoplasm, living substance
=> drift
=> grinding
=> sediment, deposit
=> material, stuff
=> ylem
=> dark matter
=> antimatter
=> micronutrient
=> philosopher's stone, philosophers' stone, elixir
=> precursor
=> phlogiston
=> allergen
=> assay
=> pyrogen, pyrectic
=> pyrogen
=> mixture
=> hydrocolloid
=> adulterant, adulterator
=> atom
=> chemical element, element
=> propellant, propellent
=> denaturant
=> activator
=> inhibitor
=> ferment
=> substrate
=> carcinogen
=> compound, chemical compound
=> digestive
=> element
=> foamentation
=> fuel
=> medium
=> culture medium, medium
=> medium
=> humectant
=> inoculant, inoculum
=> jelly
=> leaven, leavening
=> fluid
=> fluid
=> sludge, slime, goo, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze
=> system
=> refrigerant
=> residue
=> lysin
=> poison, toxicant, poisonous substance
=> chemical irritant
=> antigen
=> solid
=> solute
=> solvate
=> volatile
=> emanation
=> essence
=> ligand
=> metabolite
=> vegetable matter
=> vehicle
Meronyms of noun volatile
1 sense of volatile
Holonyms of noun volatile
Grep of noun volatile
non-volatile storage
sal volatile
volatile
volatile oil
volatile storage
Antonyms of adj volatile
4 senses of volatile
Sense 1
volatile (vs. nonvolatile)
nonvolatile (vs. volatile), nonvolatilizable, nonvolatilisable
Sense 2
explosive, volatile
INDIRECT (VIA unstable) -> stable
Sense 3
fickle, volatile
INDIRECT (VIA inconstant) -> constant
Sense 4
volatile
INDIRECT (VIA changeable) -> unchangeable
Similarity of adj volatile
4 senses of volatile
Sense 1
volatile (vs. nonvolatile)
=> evaporable, vaporific, vapourific, vaporizable, vapourisable, volatilizable, volatilisable
Also See> inconstant#1
Sense 2
explosive, volatile
=> unstable (vs. stable)
Sense 3
fickle, volatile
=> inconstant (vs. constant)
Sense 4
volatile
=> changeable (vs. unchangeable), changeful
Pertainyms of adj volatile
Attributes of adj volatile
Domain of adj volatile
1 of 4 senses of volatile
Sense 1
volatile (vs. nonvolatile)
TOPIC>(noun) chemistry#1, chemical science#1
Domain Terms of adj volatile
Familiarity of adj volatile
volatile used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Grep of adj volatile
nonvolatile
volatile
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