'Volatility' definitions:
Definition of 'volatility'
(from WordNet)
noun
The property of changing readily from a solid or liquid to a vapor
noun
The trait of being unpredictably irresolute; "the volatility of the market drove many investors away" [syn: volatility, unpredictability]
noun
Being easily excited [syn: excitability, excitableness, volatility]
Definition of 'Volatility'
From: GCIDE
- Volatileness \Vol"a*tile*ness\, Volatility \Vol`a*til"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. volatilit['e].] Quality or state of being volatile; disposition to evaporate; changeableness; fickleness. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: See Levity. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'volatility'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- airiness,
- animation,
- ascent,
- brainlessness,
- bubbliness,
- buoyancy,
- caducity,
- changeability,
- changeableness,
- coquettishness,
- corruptibility,
- daintiness,
- death,
- delicacy,
- downiness,
- empty-headedness,
- ephemerality,
- ephemeralness,
- ethereality,
- evanescence,
- evaporability,
- faddishness,
- faddism,
- fickleness,
- finitude,
- fleetingness,
- flightiness,
- flippancy,
- floatability,
- fluffiness,
- foaminess,
- foolishness,
- frivolity,
- frivolousness,
- frothiness,
- fugacity,
- gentleness,
- giddiness,
- gossameriness,
- impermanence,
- impermanency,
- inconstancy,
- instability,
- lack of depth,
- lack of weight,
- levitation,
- levity,
- lightness,
- mercuriality,
- mercurialness,
- momentariness,
- mortality,
- mutability,
- perishability,
- shallow-wittedness,
- shallowness,
- skittishness,
- softness,
- sprightliness,
- superficiality,
- tenderness,
- thinness,
- thoughtlessness,
- transience,
- transiency,
- transientness,
- transitoriness,
- undependability,
- unheaviness,
- unpredictability,
- unprofoundness,
- unprofundity,
- unreliability,
- vaporability,
- vaporizability,
- variability,
- weightlessness,
- witlessness,
- yeastiness