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changeable

[ cheyn-juh-buhl ]
/ ˈtʃeɪn dʒə bəl /
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adjective
liable to change or to be changed; variable.
of changing color or appearance: changeable silk.
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Origin of changeable

Middle English word dating back to 1200–50; see origin at change, -able

OTHER WORDS FROM changeable

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Words related to changeable

capricious, fickle, fluctuating, mercurial, protean, shifting, unpredictable, unsettled, unstable, varying, volatile, changeful, mutable, agitated, commutative, convertible, fitful, flighty, fluid, impulsive

How to use changeable in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for changeable

changeable
/ (ˈtʃeɪndʒəbəl) /
adjective
able to change or be changed; ficklechangeable weather
varying in colour when viewed from different angles or in different lights

Derived forms of changeable

changeability or changeableness, nounchangeably, adverb
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