Changeable

//ˈt͡ʃeɪn.d͡ʒə.bəl// adj

adj ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Capable of being changed.
  2. 2
    Subject to sudden or frequent changes.

    "The weather is very changeable today: we've had bright sunshine, clouds, wind and rain in the same half-hour."

  3. 3
    Capable of camouflaging itself by changing colour.
Adjective
  1. 1
    such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change wordnet
  2. 2
    capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature wordnet
  3. 3
    varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles wordnet
  4. 4
    subject to change wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
adjustablecheckeredmobilemutablequicksilverunstable

Example

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"The weather is changeable here."

Etymology

From Middle English chaungeable, from Old Northern French chaungeable, from Late Latin cambiāre (“to change”), equivalent to change + -able.

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