'Inconstant' definitions:
Definition of 'inconstant'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable; "inconstant affections"; "an inconstant lover"; "swear not by...the inconstant moon"- Shakespeare [ant: constant]
Definition of 'Inconstant'
From: GCIDE
- Inconstant \In*con"stant\, a. [L. inconstans: cf. F. inconstant. See In- not, and Constant.] Not constant; not stable or uniform; subject to change of character, appearance, opinion, inclination, or purpose, etc.; not firm; unsteady; fickle; changeable; variable; -- said of persons or things; as, inconstant in love or friendship. "The inconstant moon." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- While we, inquiring phantoms of a day, Inconstant as the shadows we survey! --Boyse.
- Syn: Mutable; fickle; volatile; unsteady; unstable; changeable; variable; wavering; fluctuating. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inconstant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adrift,
- afloat,
- alternating,
- amorphous,
- brittle,
- broken,
- capricious,
- careening,
- catchy,
- changeable,
- changeful,
- changing,
- choppy,
- coquettish,
- corruptible,
- deciduous,
- derelict,
- desultory,
- deviable,
- deviating,
- deviative,
- deviatory,
- different,
- disaffected,
- disconnected,
- discontinuous,
- disloyal,
- disorderly,
- disregardful,
- divaricate,
- divergent,
- diversified,
- diversiform,
- dizzy,
- dying,
- eccentric,
- elusive,
- ephemeral,
- erose,
- erratic,
- evanescent,
- faddish,
- fading,
- faithless,
- false,
- fast and loose,
- fickle,
- fitful,
- fleeting,
- flickering,
- flighty,
- flirtatious,
- flitting,
- fluctuating,
- fly-by-night,
- flying,
- fragile,
- frail,
- freakish,
- fugacious,
- fugitive,
- giddy,
- guttering,
- halting,
- herky-jerky,
- heteroclite,
- immethodical,
- impermanent,
- impetuous,
- impulsive,
- inattentive,
- inconsistent,
- indecisive,
- indefinite,
- infirm,
- inobservant,
- insubstantial,
- intermittent,
- intermitting,
- irregular,
- irresolute,
- irresponsible,
- jagged,
- jerky,
- light,
- lubricious,
- lurching,
- mazy,
- mercurial,
- momentary,
- moody,
- mortal,
- motley,
- mutable,
- negligent,
- nonadherent,
- noncompliant,
- nonconforming,
- nonconformist,
- nondurable,
- nonobservant,
- nonpermanent,
- nonstandard,
- nonuniform,
- not true to,
- of bad faith,
- passing,
- patchy,
- perishable,
- pluralistic,
- protean,
- quicksilver,
- ragged,
- rambling,
- recreant,
- restless,
- rough,
- roving,
- scatterbrained,
- scrappy,
- shapeless,
- shifting,
- shifty,
- short-lived,
- shuffling,
- skittish,
- snatchy,
- spasmatic,
- spasmic,
- spasmodic,
- spastic,
- spineless,
- sporadic,
- spotty,
- staggering,
- temperamental,
- temporal,
- temporary,
- ticklish,
- toying,
- transient,
- transitive,
- transitory,
- trothless,
- unaccountable,
- uncertain,
- uncompliant,
- unconforming,
- uncontrolled,
- undependable,
- undisciplined,
- undurable,
- unenduring,
- unequable,
- unequal,
- uneven,
- unfaithful,
- unfixed,
- unloyal,
- unmethodical,
- unmetrical,
- unobservant,
- unorthodox,
- unpredictable,
- unregular,
- unreliable,
- unrestrained,
- unrhythmical,
- unsettled,
- unstable,
- unstable as water,
- unstaid,
- unsteadfast,
- unsteady,
- unsystematic,
- untrue,
- ununiform,
- vacillating,
- vagrant,
- vague,
- variable,
- variegated,
- variform,
- various,
- varying,
- veering,
- versatile,
- vicissitudinary,
- vicissitudinous,
- volatile,
- wandering,
- wanton,
- wavering,
- wavery,
- wavy,
- wayward,
- whimsical,
- wishy-washy,
- wobbling,
- wobbly