Chameleon

Quick meaning: Chameleon is a noun meaning (figurative) A person with inconstant behavior; one able to quickly adjust to new circumstances.

Meaning

(figurative) A person with inconstant behavior; one able to quickly adjust to new circumstances.

More Meanings

1. That changes or modifies its color.
2. A small to mid-size reptile, of the family Chamaeleonidae, and one of the best known lizard families able to change color and project its long tongue.
3. (physics) A hypothetical scalar particle with a non-linear self-interaction, giving it an effective mass that depends on its environment: the presence of other fields.

Example Sentences

The wall was covered with a chameleon paint.

Milk of chameleon was recommended as an erotic stimulant by Avicenna.

He is a political chameleon, as charming to business leaders he met privately in Aberdeen on Friday night as he has been inspiring to distressed and desperate Labour defectors in Glasgow and beyond.

A contagious neuro-ego-disease. A virus sticking to liars. We're the self-centered fuel to boost the new strain of fire. Adapting, shifting, lacking opinion. Our numbers exceeding the billions. Everly walking among ourselves down the corridor of chameleons.

Word Forms

• chameleons
• chamaeleon

Synonyms for chameleon

Depending on context, synonyms include chamaeleon.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include chamaeleon, anole, sponge, shape-shifter, loofah, towel.

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