Antonyms of adj mercurial

1 of 4 senses of mercurial

Sense 1
erratic, fickle, mercurial, quicksilver (prenominal) -- (liable to sudden unpredictable change; "erratic behavior"; "fickle weather"; "mercurial twists of temperament"; "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next")

INDIRECT (VIA changeable) -> unchangeable -- (not changeable or subject to change; "a fixed and unchangeable part of the germ plasm"-Ashley Montagu; "the unchangeable seasons"; "one of the unchangeable facts of life")

Similarity of adj mercurial

4 senses of mercurial

Sense 1
erratic, fickle, mercurial, quicksilver (prenominal) -- (liable to sudden unpredictable change; "erratic behavior"; "fickle weather"; "mercurial twists of temperament"; "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next")
       => changeable (vs. unchangeable), changeful -- (such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change; "changeable behavior"; "changeable moods"; "changeable prices")

Sense 2
Mercurial -- (relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury; "the Mercurial canals")

Sense 3
Mercurial -- (relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury; "more than Mercurial thievishness")

Sense 4
mercurial -- (relating to or containing or caused by mercury; "mercurial preparations"; "mercurial sore mouth")

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