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CHANGEABLE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change
Example:
changeable prices
Synonyms:
changeable; changeful
Classified under:
Similar:
volatile (tending to vary often or widely)
reversible (capable of assuming or producing either of two states)
quick-drying (of a liquid substance that dries quickly)
quick-change (adept at changing from one thing to another especially changing costumes)
open-ended (allowing for future changes or revisions)
mutable (tending to undergo genetic mutuation)
mobile (capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to another)
kaleidoscopic; kaleidoscopical (continually shifting or rapidly changing)
jittering (undergoing small rapid variations)
fluid; mobile (affording change (especially in social status))
fluid; unstable (subject to change; variable)
erratic; fickle; mercurial; quicksilver (liable to sudden unpredictable change)
distortable (capable of having the meaning altered or twisted)
checkered (marked by changeable fortune)
astatic (not static or stable)
adjustable (capable of being regulated)
Also:
inconstant (likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable)
exchangeable (suitable to be exchanged)
Attribute:
changeability; changeableness (the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change)
Antonym:
unchangeable (not changeable or subject to change)
Derivation:
changeableness (the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature
Example:
a mutable foreign policy
Synonyms:
changeable; mutable
Classified under:
Derivation:
changeability; changeableness (the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
Example:
a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent
Synonyms:
changeable; chatoyant; iridescent; shot
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
colorful; colourful (having much or varied color)
Derivation:
changeableness (the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Subject to change
Example:
unsettled weather with rain and hail and sunshine coming one right after the other
Synonyms:
changeable; uncertain; unsettled
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
variable (liable to or capable of change)
Derivation:
changeability; changeableness (the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change)
