INCONSTANCY Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

inconstancy

noun

(ˌ)in-ˈkän(t)-stən(t)-sē

Definition of inconstancy

as in infidelity

lack of faithfulness especially to one's husband or wife a wife who was long inured to the chronic inconstancy of her husband

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as in fluctuation

the frequent and usually sudden passing from one condition to another the inconstancy of public opinion is such that today's hero may be tomorrow's punching bag

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Recent Examples of inconstancy Scientific and engineering advances don't do well in the face of such wild swings and inconstancy. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2025 Europeans, awakened to the danger of American inconstancy, are scrambling to spend trillions more on defense in coming years. — Adam Rasmi, Time, 20 June 2025 Years of naval inconstancy with repair work drove Vigor Industrial—a once vibrant and growing maritime conglomerate—into the welcoming arms of hedge funds, which wasted no time in striping the company of value. — Craig Hooper, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024 Here, Calabazas appears to be holding a toy windmill in one hand and, in the other, a miniature portrait of a woman, perhaps intended by Velázquez as a commentary on the inconstancy of love. — Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023 Due to his inconstancy and Angie’s growing attachment, their flimsy relationship operated on a timescale of eras coalescing into matters of historical record. — Hannah Gold, Harper’s Magazine , 26 Oct. 2022 Over the past 20 years, the United States has undermined its own global leadership by inconstancy. — Damon Linker, The Week, 9 June 2021

Recent Examples of Synonyms for inconstancy

Noun

Gripped by a paralyzing fear for the fate of her future children, Naama returns to the same monument where the infidelity took place; there, her parents appear before her.

— Katie Campione, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2026
In June, The New York Times spoke to multiple women who accused Platner of physical intimidation, infidelity and disturbing comments.

— Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

Definition of infidelity

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The researchers asked whether those fluctuations could instead be amplified and used to control superconductivity.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
In recent years, the global chocolate world has entered a period of unprecedented turmoil, punctuated by cocoa bean shortages and roller-coaster price fluctuations.

— Alfredo Sosa, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of fluctuation

Noun

Leontes, the king of Sicilia, has baselessly accused his wife, Hermione, of adultery, and the consequences have been dire.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026
Her adultery story initially evokes the imprisoned girl’s compensatory reveries, but over time its focus shifts.

— Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of adultery

Noun

In addition to heart rate, calories burned, distance, duration, elevation, and speed, Samsung smartwatches track advanced running form metrics, including asymmetry, contact time, flight time, regularity, vertical oscillation, and stiffness.

— Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026
Five months of oscillation between bombing and negotiation have left Trump with no good options.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of oscillation

Noun

Finishing in 32nd place and nabbing the highest draft lottery odds still matter — even if the persistent betrayal of the NHL’s draft lottery balls remains an open wound in this market.

— Thomas Drance, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
But that means in his own mind the abandonment and betrayal of his sense of identity as a tennis player who never gives up, who has staged so many comebacks.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of betrayal

Noun

The very quality that makes Oman useful—the ability to talk to everyone—can look like disloyalty.

— Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2026
And still, some people insist that admitting the flaws in our history — and our present — constitutes an act of innate disloyalty.

— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2026

Definition of disloyalty

Noun

Platner, indeed, has boiled down nearly all political problems to the perfidy of sinister oligarchs.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
If the landing had been faked, the Soviets would have figured it out and would have loved to reveal to the world America’s perfidy.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 May 2026

Definition of perfidy

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