English Explanatory Dictionary

mutable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Changeable, dynamic, evolutive; inclined to change, evolve, mutate.
  2. Having a value that is changeable during program execution.
  3. Being one of the signs Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces, associated with adaptability, flexibility and sympathy.
noun
  1. Something mutable; a variable or value that can change.

Pronunciation

/ˈmjuːtəbəl/ [ˈmjuːtəbl̩] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mutable.wav

Word forms

mutable more mutable most mutable mutables

Etymology

From Middle English mutable, from Old French mutable, from Latin mutabilis (“liable to change”). By surface analysis, muta- + -able.

Synonyms

abateable alterable changeable dynamic editable inconstant modifiable mutable variable bicorporeal

Antonyms

immutable

Related words

alterable nonimmutable

Derived words

epimutable hypermutable hypomutable mutability mutableness mutably nonmutable paramutable unmutable
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