variable

The word “variable” has 4 syllables: va-ri-a-ble

It's pronounced as /ˈvɛəriəbl̩/


What is synonym and antonym for variable?

In the thesaurus, “variable” has 93 synonyms and 39 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for variable along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for variable

  • adaptable
  • adjustable
  • aimless
  • alterable
  • ambivalent
  • arbitrary
  • binary star
  • brown dwarf
  • capricious
  • changeable
  • changeful
  • changing
  • cluster
  • constellation
  • desultory
  • dicey
  • dwarf
  • elastic
  • erratic
  • fickle
  • fitful
  • fixed star
  • flexible
  • flickery
  • fluctuating
  • fluid
  • galaxy
  • gasser
  • giant star
  • haphazard
  • hesitating
  • hit-or-miss
  • iffy
  • inconsistent
  • inconstant
  • irregular
  • labile
  • loadstar
  • lodestar
  • luminary
  • malleable
  • mercurial
  • mobile
  • modifiable
  • mutable
  • neutron star
  • nova
  • pliable
  • protean
  • pulsar
  • quasar
  • random
  • red dwarf
  • red giant
  • red star
  • scattered
  • shaky
  • shifting
  • shifty
  • shilly-shally
  • shilly-shallying
  • skittish
  • slapdash
  • slippery
  • spasmodic
  • sphere
  • stray
  • subdwarf
  • sun
  • supercluster
  • supergiant
  • supernova
  • temperamental
  • ticklish
  • uncertain
  • undependable
  • unequable
  • unpredictable
  • unreliable
  • unsettled
  • unstable
  • unsteady
  • untrustworthy
  • up in the air
  • vacillating
  • variable star
  • varying
  • versatile
  • volatile
  • waffling
  • wavering
  • white dwarf
  • yo-yo

Antonyms for variable

Meanings of variable

  • noun
    1. Something that is variable.
    2. Something whose value may be dictated or discovered.
    3. A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.
    4. A symbol representing a variable.
    5. A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.
    6. A variable star.
    7. A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
    8. (in the plural) Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.
  • adjective
    1. Able to vary or be varied.
    2. Likely to vary.
    3. Marked by diversity or difference.
    4. Having no fixed quantitative value.
    5. Tending to deviate from a normal or recognized type.

Example Sentences

  • The scientist studied the variable factors influencing plant growth in different environments.
  • In mathematics, a variable represents an unknown quantity that can change.
  • Economic forecasts often consider variable factors such as inflation rates and employment figures.
  • The success of the experiment depended on controlling all variable factors except for the one being tested.
  • Weather patterns are highly variable, especially in regions with diverse climates.

On this page you'll find 132 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to variable, such as: abiding, adaptable, adjustable, aimless, alterable, ambivalent, arbitrary.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

labile

wabbly

  • aquiver
  • atremble
  • capricious
  • changeable
  • convulsive
  • dizzy
  • erratic
  • fickle
  • fluctuating
  • giddy
  • groggy
  • inconstant
  • palpitating
  • precarious
  • pulsating
  • quaking
  • quavery
  • quivering
  • quivery
  • rickety
  • rocky
  • shaking
  • shaky
  • shifting
  • shivering
  • shivery
  • shuddering
  • shuddery
  • staggery
  • teetering
  • throbbing
  • tippy
  • tottering
  • tottery
  • trembling
  • trembly
  • tremulous
  • unreliable
  • unsettled
  • unsound
  • unstable
  • unsteady
  • vacillating
  • variable
  • wabbling
  • wavering
  • wavery
  • wayward
  • wiggly
  • wobbling
  • wobbly

waffling

  • alternating
  • ambivalent
  • beating about the bush
  • beating around the bush
  • betwixt and between
  • blowing hot and cold
  • borderline
  • bypassing
  • capricious
  • caviling
  • cavilling
  • changeable
  • changeful
  • changing
  • circumlocutory
  • circumventing
  • clouded
  • confusing statement
  • copious
  • debatable
  • deviating
  • differing
  • diffusive
  • digressive
  • discursive
  • dithering
  • divided
  • dodge
  • dodging
  • doubtful
  • doubting
  • dubious
  • dubitable
  • ducking
  • due
  • dull
  • eluding
  • equivocal
  • equivocal saying
  • equivocating
  • erratic
  • eschewing
  • evading
  • evasion
  • exuberant
  • faltering
  • fearful
  • fickle
  • fitful
  • flexible
  • flickering
  • flip-flopping
  • fluctuating
  • fluid
  • fudging
  • halfhearted
  • halting
  • hedging
  • hemming and hawing
  • hesitant
  • hesitating
  • hot-and-cold
  • iffy
  • immature
  • impartial
  • impulsive
  • in arrears
  • in the middle
  • incomplete
  • inconclusive
  • inconsistent
  • inconstant
  • indecisive
  • indefinite
  • indeterminate
  • intermittent
  • irregular
  • irresolute
  • lavish
  • lengthy
  • long
  • long-winded
  • loose
  • meandering
  • mercurial
  • misleading statement
  • misleading word
  • mobile
  • moot
  • mutable
  • neutral
  • not definite
  • not sure
  • of two minds
  • on the fence
  • on-the-fence
  • open
  • open to question
  • oscillating
  • outstanding
  • overdue
  • owing
  • palaverous
  • payable
  • pendent
  • pending
  • problematic
  • problematical
  • profuse
  • prolix
  • protean
  • pussyfooting
  • quibbling
  • rambling
  • random
  • redundant
  • running hot and cold
  • shaking
  • shifting
  • shifty
  • shirking
  • shunning
  • sidestepping
  • skirting
  • slippery
  • spasmodic
  • spineless
  • straddling
  • straddling the fence
  • suppressio veri
  • temperamental
  • tentative
  • tergiversating
  • ticklish
  • timid
  • torn
  • unanswered
  • uncertain
  • unclear
  • uncommitted
  • unconcluded
  • undecided
  • undependable
  • undetermined
  • unequable
  • uneventful
  • unfinished
  • unfixed
  • unpaid
  • unreliable
  • unresolved
  • unsettled
  • unsolved
  • unstable
  • unsteady
  • unsure
  • up for grabs
  • up in the air
  • vacillating
  • vague
  • variable
  • varying
  • verbose
  • volatile
  • wavering
  • weak
  • weak-kneed
  • weaseling
  • wimpy
  • windy
  • wishy-washy
  • without guts
  • wobbly
  • yellow-bellied
  • yo-yo
  • yo-yoing

zigzagged

  • aberrant
  • amorphous
  • asymmetrical
  • avoided
  • bent
  • broken
  • cockeyed
  • craggy
  • crooked
  • deflected
  • devious
  • disproportionate
  • dodged
  • ducked
  • eccentric
  • elliptic
  • elliptical
  • eluded
  • escaped
  • evaded
  • hilly
  • jagged
  • jinked
  • lopsided
  • lumpy
  • meandering
  • not uniform
  • notched
  • off-balance
  • off-center
  • out of proportion
  • parried
  • pitted
  • protuberant
  • rough
  • scarred
  • serrate
  • serrated
  • shirked
  • sidestepped
  • skirted
  • slalomed
  • slid
  • slipped
  • turned
  • unaligned
  • unbalanced
  • unequal
  • unsymmetrical
  • variable
  • weaved
  • wobbly

quasar

  • binary star
  • brown dwarf
  • cluster
  • constellation
  • dwarf
  • fixed star
  • galaxy
  • gasser
  • giant star
  • loadstar
  • lodestar
  • luminary
  • neutron star
  • nova
  • pulsar
  • red dwarf
  • red giant
  • red star
  • sphere
  • subdwarf
  • sun
  • supercluster
  • supergiant
  • supernova
  • variable
  • variable star
  • white dwarf

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