Adjective volatile has 4 senses
  1. volatile - evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures; "volatile oils"; "volatile solvents"
    Antonyms:
    nonvolatile, nonvolatilizable, nonvolatilisable
  2. explosive, volatile - liable to lead to sudden change or violence; "an explosive issue"; "a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation"
    Antonym: stable (indirect, via unstable)
  3. fickle, volatile - marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments; "fickle friends"; "a flirt's volatile affections"
    Antonym: constant (indirect, via inconstant)
  4. volatile - tending to vary often or widely; "volatile stocks"; "volatile emotions"
    Antonym:
    unchangeable (indirect, via changeable)
,Noun volatile has 1 sense
  1. volatile - a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor; "it was heated to evaporate the volatiles"
    --1 is a kind of
    substance, matter
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