'Protean' definitions:
Definition of 'protean'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Taking on different forms; "eyes...of that baffling protean grey which is never twice the same"
Definition of 'Protean'
From: GCIDE
- Protean \Pro"te*an\, a.
- 1. Of or pertaining to Proteus; characteristic of Proteus. " Protean transformations." --Cudworth. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Exceedingly variable; readily assuming different shapes or forms; as, an am[oe]ba is a protean animalcule. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'protean'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- able to adapt,
- adaptable,
- adjustable,
- allotropic,
- alterable,
- alterative,
- changeable,
- changeful,
- checkered,
- diversiform,
- ever-changing,
- flexible,
- fluid,
- heteromorphic,
- heteromorphous,
- impermanent,
- kaleidoscopic,
- labile,
- malleable,
- manifold,
- many-sided,
- metamorphic,
- metamorphotic,
- mobile,
- modifiable,
- movable,
- multifarious,
- multifold,
- multiform,
- multiphase,
- multiple,
- multiplex,
- mutable,
- nonuniform,
- permutable,
- plastic,
- polymorphic,
- polymorphous,
- proteiform,
- resilient,
- rubbery,
- supple,
- transient,
- transitory,
- unsettled,
- unstable,
- unsteady,
- variable