'Convertible' definitions:
Definition of 'convertible'
From: WordNet
adjective
Capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value; "convertible securities" [syn: convertible, exchangeable] [ant: inconvertible, unconvertible, unexchangeable]
adjective
Designed to be changed from one use or form to another; "a convertible sofa"; "a convertible coupe"
adjective
Capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy; "is lead really transmutable into gold?"; "ideas translatable into reality" [syn: convertible, transformable, translatable, transmutable]
noun
A car that has top that can be folded or removed
noun
A corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock) [syn: convertible, convertible security]
noun
A sofa that can be converted into a bed [syn: convertible, sofa bed]
Definition of 'Convertible'
From: GCIDE
- Convertible \Con*vert"i*ble\, a. [L. convertibilis: cf. F. convertible.]
- 1. Capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable. [1913 Webster]
- Minerals are not convertible into another species, though of the same genus. --Harvey. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Capable of being exchanged or interchanged; reciprocal; interchangeable. [1913 Webster]
- So long as we are in the regions of nature, miraculous and improbable, miraculous and incredible, may be allowed to remain convertible terms. --Trench. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'convertible'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- all one,
- all the same,
- changeable,
- coequal,
- commutable,
- commutative,
- coordinate,
- correspondent,
- corresponding,
- equal,
- equalizing,
- equiparant,
- equipollent,
- equivalent,
- even,
- exchanged,
- give-and-take,
- identical,
- interchangeable,
- interchanged,
- liquid,
- modifiable,
- much the same,
- mutual,
- negotiable,
- permutable,
- reciprocal,
- reciprocating,
- reciprocative,
- resolvable,
- retaliatory,
- returnable,
- standard,
- swapped,
- switched,
- tantamount,
- traded,
- transformable,
- transitional,
- transmutable,
- transposed
Words containing 'Convertible'
- Convert,
- Converted,
- Converter,
- Convertibility,
- Convertibleness,
- Convertibly,
- Converting,
- Converted guns,
- Converting furnace,
- Phase converter,
- bessemer converter,
- catalytic converter,
- convertible bond,
- convertible security,
- data converter,
- electrical converter,
- electronic converter,
- rotary converter,
- synchronous converter,
- torque converter,
- angiotensin converting enzyme,
- analog-digital converter,
- analog-to-digital converter,
- angiotensin-converting enzyme,
- digital-analog converter,
- digital-to-analog converter,
- angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor