variableness
Tendency toward change
Variableness is the quality of being variable—subject to change, inconsistency, or fluctuation.
The word appears in older texts and formal writing but has largely given way to variability in modern usage: the variableness of the weather, the variableness of human nature.
Lack of steadfast devotion
- unpredictabilityState resisting forecasts
- irregularityDeparture from standard
- capriciousnessErratic, unpredictable behavior
- inconstancyLack of steadiness
unreliability · unevenness · spottiness · patchiness · randomness · haphazardness · whimsicality · mercuriality
Rapid, unpredictable changeability
- oscillationRepeated back-and-forth movement
- waveringShowing unsteady resolve
- undulationRhythmic rise and fall
- swingSuspended recreational seat
shift · ebb · flow · pulsation · vacillation · turbulence · instability · cycling
Capacity for alteration
- alterabilityCapacity to be changed
- modifiabilityCapacity to be adjusted
- adaptabilityAbility to adjust readily
- adjustabilityCapacity for alteration
convertibility · transformability · plasticity · malleability · evolvability · reconfigurability · reversibility · fluidity
Lack of fixed outcome
- unpredictabilityState resisting forecasts
- ambiguityOpenness to multiple interpretations
- vaguenessAbsence of precision
- imprecisionLack of exactness
indecision · contingency · randomness · chanciness · speculation · hazard · risk · equivocation
fickleness
Lack of steadfast devotion
- unpredictabilityState resisting forecasts
- irregularityDeparture from standard
- capriciousnessErratic, unpredictable behavior
inconstancy · unreliability · unevenness · spottiness · patchiness · randomness · haphazardness · whimsicality · mercuriality · moodiness
volatility
Rapid, unpredictable changeability
- oscillationRepeated back-and-forth movement
- waveringShowing unsteady resolve
- undulationRhythmic rise and fall
swing · shift · ebb · flow · pulsation · vacillation · turbulence · instability · cycling · waxing
mutability
Capacity for alteration
- alterabilityCapacity to be changed
- modifiabilityCapacity to be adjusted
- adaptabilityAbility to adjust readily
adjustability · convertibility · transformability · plasticity · malleability · evolvability · reconfigurability · reversibility · fluidity · protean
indeterminacy
Lack of fixed outcome
- unpredictabilityState resisting forecasts
- ambiguityOpenness to multiple interpretations
- vaguenessAbsence of precision
imprecision · indecision · contingency · randomness · chanciness · speculation · hazard · risk · equivocation · unclearness
variablenessconstancy
Unchanging faithfulness over time
invariability · invariance · unchangingness · fixedness · stability
variablenessuniformity
State of being identical
homogeneity · evenness · standardization · monotony · regularity
variety, various, varied, variation, variable, varying, variant, variance, invariably