Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun quicksilver

1 sense of quicksilver

Sense 1
mercury, quicksilver, hydrargyrum, Hg, atomic number 80 -- (a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures)
       => metallic element, metal -- (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

Antonyms of adj quicksilver

1 sense of quicksilver

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 quicksilver

1 sense of quicksilver

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")