Dictionary

changeable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈt͡ʃeɪn.d͡ʒə.bəl/
• chān′jə-bəl
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Etymology

From Middle English chaungeable, from Old Northern French chaungeable, from Late Latin cambiāre (“to change”), equivalent to change + -able.

Meanings

1. Capable of being changed.
2. Subject to sudden or frequent changes.
   • The weather is very changeable today: we've had bright sunshine, clouds, wind and rain in the same half-hour.
   • There will be no problems with visibility, or the highly changeable Highland weather, as Scotland basks in what is reported to be the country's hottest September day for more than a century. 2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and Pleasure on the Far North Line”, in RAIL, number 942, page 48:
3. (of a species) Capable of camouflaging itself by changing colour.

Forms

Antonyms

changeless

Deriveds

changeable lizard · nonchangeable · changeability · changeableness · unchangeable · changeable hawk-eagle · changeably

Hypernyms

mutable

Synonyms

changeable · inconstant · modifiable · fickle · variable · alterable · mutable · fickle · variable · unstable · volatile · mobile · labile · up-and-down · inconstant · labile · wavering · alterable · abateable · changeling · variable · changeable · moody · modifiable · chameleonic · everchanging · shiftable · variable · dynamic · fluid · editable · changeful · dynamic

Translations (52)

ro modificabil (capable of being changed) · fr changeant (subject to sudden or frequent changes) · es cambiante (subject to sudden or frequent changes) · de änderbar (capable of being changed) · ja 変わりやすい (subject to sudden or frequent changes) · pt variável (subject to sudden or frequent changes) · la mūtābilis (capable of being changed) · pt alterável (capable of being changed) · sco immis (capable of being changed) · es cambiante (capable of being changed) · ro nestatornic (subject to sudden or frequent changes) · de wechselhaft (subject to sudden or frequent changes) · it mutevole (capable of being changed) · ja 変えられる (capable of being changed) · enm chaungeable (subject to sudden or frequent changes) · ro schimbăcios (subject to sudden or frequent changes) · ga luaineach (subject to sudden or frequent changes) · cmn 變色的 /变色的 (capable of camouflaging) · ro schimbător (subject to sudden or frequent changes) · ka ცვალებადი (subject to sudden or frequent changes) · ru переме́нчивый (subject to sudden or frequent changes) · ka ცვალებადი (capable of being changed) · fi vaihdettava (capable of being changed) · cmn 多變 /多变 (subject to sudden or frequent changes) · enm chaungeable (capable of being changed) · mi taurangi (subject to sudden or frequent changes) · grc μετάβολος (capable of being changed) · bg непостоянен (subject to sudden or frequent changes) · es cambiable (capable of being changed) · sk vrtošivý (subject to sudden or frequent changes) · de veränderlich (capable of being changed) · cmn 可替換的 /可替换的 (capable of being changed) · pt modificável (capable of being changed) · de wandelbar (subject to sudden or frequent changes) · ru непостоя́нный (subject to sudden or frequent changes) · ca canviable (capable of being changed) · fi vaihteleva (subject to sudden or frequent changes) · es variable (subject to sudden or frequent changes) · bg променлив (capable of being changed) · cmn 善變 /善变 (subject to sudden or frequent changes) · pt mudável (capable of being changed) · cmn 可改變的 /可改变的 (capable of being changed) · ru изме́нчивый (subject to sudden or frequent changes) · hu változtatható (capable of being changed) · eo ŝanĝebla (capable of being changed) · fr changeable (capable of being changed) · ro schimbabil (capable of being changed) · fi väriään vaihtava (capable of camouflaging) · it ondivago (subject to sudden or frequent changes) · ru изменя́емый (capable of being changed) · es tornadizo (subject to sudden or frequent changes) · fi vaihdettavissa oleva (capable of being changed)