'Changeable' definitions:
Definition of 'changeable'
From: WordNet
adjective
Capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature; "a mutable substance"; "the mutable ways of fortune"; "mutable weather patterns"; "a mutable foreign policy" [syn: mutable, changeable] [ant: changeless, immutable]
adjective
Such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change; "changeable behavior"; "changeable moods"; "changeable prices" [syn: changeable, changeful] [ant: unchangeable]
adjective
Subject to change; "a changeable climate"; "the weather is uncertain"; "unsettled weather with rain and hail and sunshine coming one right after the other" [syn: changeable, uncertain, unsettled]
adjective
Varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent" [syn: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot]
Definition of 'Changeable'
From: GCIDE
- Changeable \Change"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. changeable.]
- 1. Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable; variable; fickle; inconstant; as, a changeable humor. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Appearing different, as in color, in different lights, or under different circumstances; as, changeable silk.
- Syn: Mutable; alterable; variable; inconstant; fitful; vacillating; capricious; fickle; unstable; unsteady; unsettled; wavering; erratic; giddy; volatile. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'changeable'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- able to adapt,
- adaptable,
- adjustable,
- adrift,
- afloat,
- agnostic,
- alterable,
- alterative,
- altered,
- alternating,
- ambiguous,
- ambitendent,
- ambivalent,
- amorphous,
- at loose ends,
- better,
- bland,
- brittle,
- capricious,
- chancy,
- changed,
- changeful,
- changing,
- checkered,
- choppy,
- commutable,
- commutative,
- converted,
- convertible,
- coquettish,
- corruptible,
- deciduous,
- degenerate,
- desultory,
- deviable,
- deviant,
- deviating,
- deviative,
- deviatory,
- dicey,
- different,
- disorderly,
- divaricate,
- divergent,
- diversified,
- diversiform,
- dizzy,
- double-minded,
- doubting,
- dubious,
- dying,
- eccentric,
- ephemeral,
- equal,
- equalizing,
- equivalent,
- equivocal,
- erose,
- erratic,
- evanescent,
- even,
- ever-changing,
- exchanged,
- faddish,
- fading,
- fast and loose,
- fence-sitting,
- fence-straddling,
- fickle,
- fitful,
- fleeting,
- flexible,
- flickering,
- flighty,
- flirtatious,
- flitting,
- fluctuating,
- fluid,
- fly-by-night,
- flying,
- fragile,
- frail,
- freakish,
- fugacious,
- fugitive,
- giddy,
- give-and-take,
- halfhearted,
- hesitant,
- hesitating,
- impermanent,
- impetuous,
- impressionable,
- improved,
- impulsive,
- incalculable,
- inconsistent,
- inconstant,
- indecisive,
- indemonstrable,
- infirm,
- infirm of purpose,
- infirm of will,
- insipid,
- insubstantial,
- interchangeable,
- interchanged,
- irregular,
- irresolute,
- irresolved,
- irresponsible,
- jagged,
- jerky,
- kaleidoscopic,
- labile,
- light,
- malleable,
- many-sided,
- mazy,
- mercurial,
- metamorphic,
- metamorphosed,
- metastasized,
- milk-and-water,
- milky,
- mobile,
- modifiable,
- modified,
- momentary,
- moody,
- mortal,
- motley,
- movable,
- mugwumpian,
- mugwumpish,
- mushy,
- mutable,
- mutant,
- mutual,
- neutral,
- nonconformist,
- nondurable,
- nonpermanent,
- nonstandard,
- nonuniform,
- of two minds,
- passing,
- perishable,
- permutable,
- plastic,
- pliant,
- pluralistic,
- polysemous,
- protean,
- proteiform,
- qualified,
- quicksilver,
- ragged,
- rambling,
- rebuilt,
- reciprocal,
- reciprocating,
- reciprocative,
- reformed,
- renewed,
- resilient,
- restless,
- retaliatory,
- returnable,
- revived,
- revolutionary,
- rough,
- roving,
- rubbery,
- scatterbrained,
- shapeless,
- shifting,
- shifty,
- short-lived,
- shuffling,
- skeptical,
- skittish,
- spasmodic,
- spineless,
- sporadic,
- standard,
- subversive,
- supple,
- swapped,
- switched,
- tasteless,
- temporal,
- temporary,
- touch-and-go,
- toying,
- traded,
- transformable,
- transformed,
- transient,
- transitive,
- transitory,
- translated,
- transmuted,
- transposed,
- unaccountable,
- uncertain,
- unconfirmable,
- uncontrolled,
- unconvinced,
- undecided,
- undependable,
- undetermined,
- undisciplined,
- undivinable,
- undurable,
- unenduring,
- unequable,
- unequal,
- uneven,
- unfixed,
- unforeseeable,
- unmitigated,
- unorthodox,
- unpersuaded,
- unpredictable,
- unprovable,
- unreliable,
- unresolved,
- unrestrained,
- unsettled,
- unstable,
- unstable as water,
- unstaid,
- unsteadfast,
- unsteady,
- unsure,
- unsystematic,
- ununiform,
- unverifiable,
- vacillating,
- vagrant,
- vapid,
- variable,
- variegated,
- variform,
- various,
- varying,
- versatile,
- vicissitudinary,
- vicissitudinous,
- volatile,
- wandering,
- wanton,
- watery,
- wavering,
- wavery,
- wavy,
- wayward,
- whimsical,
- wishy-washy,
- worse