Synonyms and Antonyms of temperamental
1
frequently influenced by moods and especially bad moods
- one of those temperamental actresses who can make life difficult for everyone around her
capricious, changeable, changeful, fickle, fluctuating, fluid, freakish, impulsive, inconstant, mercurial, mutable, uncertain, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable, volatile, whimsical
pouty, sulky
choleric, crabby, cranky, cross, crotchety, grouchy, grumpy, irascible, irritable, peevish, petulant, quick-tempered, short-tempered, snappish, snippety, snippy, testy, waspish
equable, even
immutable, inflexible, invariable, unalterable, unchangeable
changeless, constant, settled, stable, steady, unchanging
2
likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly
- stock prices have been pretty temperamental lately, often fluctuating wildly
capricious, changeable, changeful, fickle, flickery, fluctuating, fluid, inconsistent, inconstant, mercurial, mutable, skittish, uncertain, unpredictable, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable, volatile
aimless, arbitrary, desultory, erratic, haphazard, hit-or-miss, irregular, random, scattered, slapdash, stray
ambivalent, hesitating, shaky, shilly-shally, shilly-shallying, vacillating, wavering
dicey, undependable, unreliable, untrustworthy
adaptable, mobile, protean, versatile
equable, even, uniform
abiding, durable, lasting, permanent, persistent
dependable, reliable, sure, tried, tried-and-true, true, trustworthy, trusty
certain, changeless, constant, immutable, invariable, predictable, settled, stable, stationary, steady, unchangeable, unchanging, unvarying
