SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
fickle
adjective
Changing loyalties, preferences, or attitudes unpredictably.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Unpredictably changeable
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Usage distinction
Return to topFickle commonly concerns loyalties or preferences; volatile can suggest rapid emotional changes.
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See fickle in use
The fickle audience embraced one style in spring and rejected it by autumn.
A fickle stall buyer requested bright badges one morning, rejected the same colors that evening, and offered no reason for her unpredictable changes of preference.
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