What does "convertible" mean?
Interchangeable things or terms.
Convertible
/kənˈvɜːtɪbl̩/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Interchangeable things or terms.
- Grammar: convertible is listed as adj, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: convertible security, adaptable, all one, all the same.
- Useful contrasts: inconvertible, brougham, closed roof.
- Usage evidence: I'd like to drive across the USA in a convertible car.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Interchangeable things or terms. dated, in-plural
- 2 a car that has top that can be folded or removed wordnet
- 3 A convertible car: a car with a removable or foldable roof able to convert from a closed to open vehicle and back again.
- 4 a sofa that can be converted into a bed wordnet
- 5 A convertible security: a stock, bond, etc. that can be turned into another (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
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- 6 a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock) wordnet
- 7 A computer able to convert from laptop to tablet and back again.
Adjective
- 1 Able to be converted; Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially
"As if, in truth, there were no God of Labour; as if godlike Labour and brutal Mammonism were convertible terms."
- 2 Able to be converted; Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially; Able to be exchanged for specie. historical
- 3 Able to be converted; Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially; Able to be exchanged for foreign currency.
- 4 Able to be converted; Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially; Able to be exchanged for a different class of security (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
- 5 Able to be converted; Able to undergo conversion (i.e., inversion) without falsehood.
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- 6 Able to be converted; Able to be turned, especially; Able to be turned in a different direction. obsolete
"The Axis of the Earth is supposed to haue a convertible nature."
- 7 Able to be converted; Able to be turned, especially; Able to be turned to a different purpose.
- 8 Able to be converted; Able to be turned, especially; Able to be turned to a different religion or belief.
- 9 Able to be converted; Able to be turned into a different thing, especially; Able to change from a closed to an open frame and back again.
- 10 Able to be converted; Able to be turned into a different thing, especially; Able to be easily digested. obsolete
Adjective
- 1 capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy wordnet
- 2 capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value wordnet
- 3 designed to be changed from one use or form to another wordnet
Synonyms
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Example
"I'd like to drive across the USA in a convertible car."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "convertible"?
Common synonyms include: convertible security, adaptable, all one, all the same, alterable, analogous.
How do you use "convertible" in a sentence?
I'd like to drive across the USA in a convertible car.
How do you pronounce "convertible"?
Pronounced /kənˈvɜːtɪbl̩/.
Etymology
From Old French convertible, from Late Latin convertibilis (“interchangeable”), from Latin convertere (“to turn back, to turn over, to turn around, to turn upside down”), from con- (“with, together”) + vertere (“to turn”), + -ibilis (“-ible: able to”). Equivalent to convert + -ible.