English Explanatory Dictionary

changeable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Capable of being changed.
  2. Subject to sudden or frequent changes.
  3. Capable of camouflaging itself by changing colour.

Pronunciation

chān′jə-bəl /ˈt͡ʃeɪn.d͡ʒə.bəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-changeable.wav

Word forms

changeable more changeable most changeable

Etymology

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

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

changeless

Derived words

changeability changeable hawk-eagle changeable lizard changeableness changeably nonchangeable unchangeable
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