'Movable' definitions:
Definition of 'movable'
From: WordNet
adjective
(of personal property as opposed to real estate) can be moved from place to place (especially carried by hand)
adjective
Capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another [syn: movable, moveable, transferable, transferrable, transportable]
noun
Personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc) [syn: chattel, personal chattel, movable]
Definition of 'Movable'
From: GCIDE
- Movable \Mov"a*ble\, a. [Cf. OF. movable. See Move.]
- 1. Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; susceptible of motion; not fixed or stationary; as, a movable steam engine. [Also spelled moveable.]
- Syn: transferable, transferrable, transportable. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Changing from one time to another; as, movable feasts, i. e., church festivals, the date of which varies from year to year. [1913 Webster]
- Movable letter (Heb. Gram.), a letter that is pronounced, as opposed to one that is quiescent.
- Movable feast (Ecclesiastical), a holy day that changes date, depending on the lunar cycle. An example of such a day is Easter. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Definition of 'Movable'
From: GCIDE
- Movable \Mov"a*ble\, n.; pl. Movables.
- 1. An article of wares or goods; a commodity; a piece of property not fixed, or not a part of real estate; generally, in the plural, goods; wares; furniture. [Also spelled moveable.] [1913 Webster]
- Furnished with the most rich and princely movables. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Rom. Law) Property not attached to the soil. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The word is not convertible with personal property, since rents and similar incidents of the soil which are personal property by our law are immovables by the Roman law. --Wharton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'movable'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- able to adapt,
- accessible,
- adaptable,
- adjustable,
- alterable,
- alterative,
- amenable,
- assignable,
- changeable,
- changeful,
- checkered,
- communicable,
- conductive,
- consignable,
- contagious,
- conveyable,
- ever-changing,
- expressable,
- flexible,
- floating,
- fluid,
- impartable,
- impermanent,
- impressionable,
- influenceable,
- interchangeable,
- kaleidoscopic,
- mailable,
- malleable,
- many-sided,
- metamorphic,
- metathetic,
- mobile,
- modifiable,
- motile,
- moveable,
- moving,
- mutable,
- nonuniform,
- open,
- open-minded,
- permutable,
- persuadable,
- persuasible,
- pervious,
- plastic,
- pliable,
- pliant,
- portable,
- portative,
- protean,
- proteiform,
- receptive,
- removable,
- resilient,
- responsive,
- roving,
- rubbery,
- suasible,
- suggestible,
- supple,
- susceptible,
- swayable,
- transferable,
- transfusable,
- transient,
- transitory,
- transmissible,
- transmissive,
- transmittable,
- transportable,
- transportative,
- transposable,
- unfixed,
- unstable,
- unsteadfast,
- unsteady,
- variable,
- weak