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CHANGEFUL
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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:
exchangeable (suitable to be exchanged)
inconstant (likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable)
Attribute:
changeability; changeableness (the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change)
Derivation:
changefulness (the quality of being changeable and variable)
