Englishvariable
adjective
the wind was variable in direction and strength:
changeable, changing, varying, shifting, fluctuating, irregular, wavering, vacillating, inconstant, inconsistent, fluid, floating, unsteady, uneven, unstable, unsettled, movable, mutable, protean, chameleonic, unfixed, fitful, capricious, temperamental, fickle, kaleidoscopic, volatile, unpredictable, undependable, unreliable;
informal up and down, blowing hot and cold, peaky;
rare changeful, variational.
▷antonyms constant, uniform.
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variable Oxford Dictionary of English