Synonyms: volatile
Definition: a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor
Usage: it was heated to evaporate the volatiles
Similar words: substance
Definition: the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
Usage: DNA is the substance of our genes
Synonyms: volatile
Definition: tending to vary often or widely
Usage: volatile stocks; volatile emotions
Similar words: changeable, changeful
Definition: such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change
Usage: changeable behavior; changeable moods; changeable prices
Definition: marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments
Usage: fickle friends; a flirt's volatile affections
Similar words: inconstant
Definition: likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable
Usage: inconstant affections; an inconstant lover; swear not by...the inconstant moon- Shakespeare
Definition: liable to lead to sudden change or violence
Usage: an explosive issue; a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation
Similar words: unstable
Definition: lacking stability or fixity or firmness
Usage: unstable political conditions; the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind; an unstable world economy
Synonyms: volatile
Definition: evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures
Usage: volatile oils; volatile solvents
Similar words: volatilisable, volatilizable, vaporific, vaporizable, vapourific, vapourisable, evaporable
Definition: (used of substances) capable of being volatilized