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/ˈfɪk.əl/ · adjective
Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable..
O Fortune, Fortune, all men call thee fickle, / If thou art fickle, what doſt thou with him / That is renown'd for faith? be fickle Fortune: / For then I hope thou wilt not keepe him long, / But ſend him backe.
Still onward winds the dreary way; I with it; for I long to prove No lapse of moons can canker Love, Whatever fickle tongues may say.
As night has such a local ring / And love and rock are fickle things
fickle breeze
fickle stock market
Use fickle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fickle means Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable..
Common synonyms include flighty, capricious, mercurial, erratic.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
O Fortune, Fortune, all men call thee fickle, / If thou art fickle, what doſt thou with him / That is renown'd for faith? be fickle Fortune: / For then I hope thou wilt not keepe him long, / But ſend him backe.
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