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1. | [ adjective ] capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature | |
Synonyms: | mutable | |
Examples: | "a mutable substance" "the mutable ways of fortune" "mutable weather patterns" "a mutable foreign policy" |
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Related terms: | immutable | |
2. | [ adjective ] varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles | |
Synonyms: | iridescent shot chatoyant | |
Examples: | "changeable taffeta" "chatoyant (or shot) silk" "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent" |
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Related terms: | colorful | |
3. | [ adjective ] subject to change | |
Synonyms: | unsettled uncertain | |
Examples: | "a changeable climate" "the weather is uncertain" "unsettled weather with rain and hail and sunshine coming one right after the other" |
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Related terms: | variable | |
4. | [ adjective ] such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change | |
Synonyms: | changeful | |
Examples: | "changeable behavior" "changeable moods" "changeable prices" |
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Related terms: | unchangeable erratic distortable fluid jittering astatic open-ended adjustable reversible quick-change checkered volatile open-ended kaleidoscopic fluid mobile exchangeable inconstant changeableness | |
Similar spelling: |
changeful change-up changeover changeability change_over change_form changefulness chanceful |