quicksilver as a noun: - 1
as an adjective: - 1
quicksilver
noun
1 quicksilver
A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures.
synonyms: atomic number 80, Hg, hydrargyrum, mercury.
Roget 149:
changeableness
etc.
adj.;
mutability,
inconstancy;
versatility,
mobility;
instability,
unstable equilibrium;
vacillation
etc.
(irresolution)
605;
fluctuation,
vicissitude;
alternation
etc.
(oscillation)
314.
restlessness
etc.
adj..
fidgets,
disquiet;
disquietude,
inquietude;
unrest;
agitation
etc.
315.
moon,
Proteus,
chameleon,
quicksilver,
shifting sands,
weathercock,
harlequin,
Cynthia of the minute,
April showers†;
wheel of Fortune;
transientness
etc.
111†.
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Roget 171:
energy,
physical energy,
force,
power
etc.
157;
keenness
etc.
adj.;
intensity,
vigor,
strength,
elasticity;
go;
high pressure;
fire;
rush.
acrimony,
acritude†;
causiticity†,
virulence;
poignancy;
harshness
etc.
adj.;
severity,
edge,
point;
pungency
etc.
392.
cantharides;
seasoning
etc.
(condiment)
393.
activity,
agitation,
effervescence;
ferment,
fermentation;
ebullition,
splutter,
perturbation,
stir,
bustle;
voluntary energy
etc.
682;
quicksilver.
resolution
etc.
(mental energy)
604;
exertion
etc.
(effort)
686;
excitation
etc.
(mental)
824.
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Roget 274:
velocity,
speed,
celerity;
swiftness
etc.
adj.;
rapidity,
eagle speed;
expedition
etc.
(activity)
682;
pernicity†;
acceleration;
haste
etc.
684.
spurt,
rush,
dash,
race,
steeple chase;
smart rate,
lively rate,
swift rate
etc.
adj.;
rattling rate,
spanking rate,
strapping rate,
smart pace,
lively pace,
swift pace,
rattling pace,
spanking pace,
strapping pace;
round pace;
flying,
flight.
lightning,
greased lightning,
light,
electricity,
wind;
cannon ball,
rocket,
arrow,
dart,
hydrargyrum [Lat.],
quicksilver;
telegraph,
express train;
torrent.
eagle,
antelope,
courser,
race horse,
gazelle,
greyhound,
hare,
doe,
squirrel,
camel bird,
chickaree†,
chipmunk,
hackee [U.S.],
ostrich,
scorcher [Slang].
Mercury,
Ariel†,
Camilla†,
Harlequin.
[Measurement of velocity]
log,
log line;
speedometer,
odometer,
tachometer,
strobe,
radar speed detector,
radar trap,
air speed gauge,
wind sock,
wind speed meter;
pedometer.
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Dutch: kwik, kwikzilver, mercurius
Polish: Hg, rtęć, żywe srebro
adjective
1 quicksilver
Liable to sudden unpredictable change:
— A quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next.
synonyms: erratic, fickle, mercurial.
Moby thesaurus: April showers, Proteus, active, activist, activistic, alive, animated, antelope, arrow, aureate, blue darter, blue streak, bouncing, bouncy, brass, brassy, brazen, breezy, brisk, bronze, bronzy, bubbly, cannonball, chameleon, changeable, chipper, cloud shapes, copper, coppery, coquettish, courser, cupreous, cuprous, dart, eagle, ebullient, effervescent, electricity, energetic, express train, faddish, ferrous, ferruginous, fickle, flash, flighty, flirtatious, frisky, full of go, full of life, full of pep, gazelle, gilt, gold, gold-filled, gold-plated, golden, greased lightning, greyhound, hare, inconstant, iron, ironlike, jet plane, kaleidoscope, lead, leaden, light, lightning, live, lively, mercurial, mercurous, mercury, militant, moon, nickel, nickelic, nickeline, peppy, perky, pert, pewter, pewtery, rocket, rolling stone, scared rabbit, shifting sands, shot, silver, silver-plated, silvery, skittish, smacking, snappy, spanking, spirited, sprightly, spry, steel, steely, streak, streak of lightning, striped snake, swallow, the weather, thought, thunderbolt, tin, tinny, torrent, toying, undependable, unpredictable, unreliable, vacillating, versatile, vivacious, volatile, water, weather vane, weathercock, wheel of fortune, whirligig, wind, zingy ... show more.
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