inconstant

Examples

• All

• If the North Star was too constant, the Moon was too inconstant.

  Academic text (1991)

• But I don't despise your life; I don't take lightly your feverish, chaotic, inconstant ideas and moods.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Perhaps I am a bad, inconstant woman.

  Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

• ''O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon,

  Alice Adams (1935)

• I could see, however, that fashion was raising its inconstant head.

  Fiction book (2002)

• As the story develops, it seems as if the two women merge to form one generic woman: inconstant and absent.

  Fiction book (1991)

• His friends show themselves to be as inconstant as a torrential river, icy in winter, vanishing away in the heat.

  Academic text (1998)

• Nothing is more unreliable or inconstant than a crowd of people, so affirms our Livy, like all the other historians...

  Blog text (27)

• I swear by yon inconstant moon, whose silvery beams besmears the lost horizon...

  The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)

• His opinions are often inconstant, changing from one moment to the next without reason.

Synonyms

U

unpredictable

vsinconstant

163 4.4

Likely to change suddenly and hard to know in advance

refers to repeated change rather than only being hard to predict

I

inconsistent

vsinconstant

96 4.7

Not staying the same over time and not agreeing with other facts

emphasizes frequent change rather than disagreement or lack of logic

E

erratic

vsinconstant

94 6.1

Not regular or predictable and likely to change suddenly

is about frequent change but not emphasising sudden irregular bursts

U

unstable

vsinconstant

80 4.4

Not steady and likely to change, fail, or fall

focuses on frequent change rather than physical weakness or failure

U

unreliable

vsinconstant

71 4.1

Not able to be trusted to work or be right

means frequent change rather than a failure to be trusted

I

intermittent

vsinconstant

35 6.5

Happening sometimes but not all the time

means frequent change rather than occasional on and off periods

F

flaky

vsinconstant

• Informal

6 7.0

Tending to fail or change without warning

refers to frequent change rather than informal unreliable behaviour

U

undependable

vsinconstant

3 4.7

Likely to fail or disappoint people

refers to repeated change rather than a lack of dependability

U

unsettled

vsinconstant

2 4.3

Weather that often changes, bringing rain or strong wind

means frequent change more generally rather than only temporary conditions

U

unfirm

vsinconstant

1 8.0

Soft ground that moves or sinks easily

focuses on frequent changing rather than lacking physical firmness

N

nonconstant

vsinconstant

6.3

Changing over time and not staying the same

is the same meaning but a different form of the word

F

fluctuating

vsinconstant

6.1

Changing up and down often in a way you cannot guess

focuses on frequent change generally rather than only rises and falls

Antonyms

C

constant

360 2.7

Stays the same over time

How Inconstant

faithless

12 5.6

capricious

19 7.9

fickle

39 6.2

inconstant

2 7.5

variable

• Specialized

140 4.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology