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

SYNONYMS FOR changeable

1. erratic, inconstant, fickle, flighty, unstable.

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change·a·bil·i·ty, change·a·ble·ness, nounchange·a·bly, adverbnon·change·a·ble, adjectivenon·change·a·ble·ness, noun

non·change·a·bly, adverbun·change·a·bil·i·ty, nounun·change·a·ble, adjectiveun·change·a·bly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for changeable

While any file can be kept viewable or changeable by only you, it can also be shared with whomever you choose to invite.
Google's War on the PC|Douglas Rushkoff|July 8, 2009|DAILY BEAST
We are a changeable people, reinventing ourselves almost compulsively.
Read Me, I'm Irish|Mark Salter|March 17, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The psychologist (not lifting his gaze from the realm of the changeable) may find in them matters of interest.
Essays in Experimental Logic|John Dewey
You may be convinced that just that passionate, changeable nature of my brother has made the children so earnest, so deliberate.'
A Sister's Love|W. Heimburg

She—she who was accustomed to flaunt in a "changeable" silk, and her bonnet had an ostrich plume!
The Storm Centre|Charles Egbert Craddock
Changeable Silk, that's what you are—changing color all the time, never standing firm!
The Madigans|Miriam Michelson
It has no fixed gods; they are changeable like the things themselves; they blend one into another.
Essay on the Creative Imagination|Th. Ribot

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 Formschangeability or changeableness, nounchangeably, adverb

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Word Origin and History for changeable

changeable

adj.

mid-13c., "unstable, inconstant, unreliable," from Old French changeable "inconstant," from changier (see change (v.)) + -able (see -able). Meaning "subject to variation" is from late 14c. Related: Changeably.