interchangeable

[in-ter-cheyn-juh-buh l]

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adjective

(of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols.
(of one thing) capable of replacing or changing places with something else: an interchangeable part.

Origin of interchangeable

1400–50; interchange + -able; replacing late Middle English entrechaungeable < Middle French entrechangeable

Related formsin·ter·change·a·bil·i·ty, in·ter·change·a·ble·ness, nounin·ter·change·a·bly, adverbnon·in·ter·change·a·bil·i·ty, nounnon·in·ter·change·a·ble, adjectivenon·in·ter·change·a·ble·ness, nounnon·in·ter·change·a·bly, adverbun·in·ter·change·a·ble, adjective

Synonyms

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2. See exchangeable.

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Examples from the Web for interchangeable

Contemporary Examples

Lots of interchangeable parts: That is how China can roll out so many missile types so quickly.
How China Will Track—and Kill—America’s Newest Stealth Jets
Bill Sweetman
December 2, 2014
Materials and mediums are interchangeable—a metaphor, we learn, for mixing and breaking hierarchies of race, class, and more.
Saatchi Resurrects Ancient Pangaea with Show Featuring South American and African Artists
Chloë Ashby
April 4, 2014
But across post-Soviet Ukraine the three have long been regarded as interchangeable and inseparable.
The Mafia Ruling Ukraine’s Mobs
Jamie Dettmer
March 23, 2014
We sink into the domesticated blandness of our interchangeable, modern-era selves.
Duck! Reality TV Returns Us to the Dark Age of Tribal Warfare
James Poulos
December 21, 2013
Perry does the opposite, creating worlds in which white people are disposable, interchangeable, and not the assumed focal point.
Tyler Perry’s Madea Minstrel Show
Rawiya Kameir
December 13, 2013

Historical Examples

To do worship, and to do honour, were then interchangeable terms.
Clare Avery
Emily Sarah Holt
The careless often use these two words as though they were interchangeable.
The Verbalist
Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
The two looked alike in Portland; they were interchangeable.
A Preface to Politics
Walter Lippmann
And the words home and wife were interchangeable and stood for the same thing.
The Backwash of War
Ellen N. La Motte
Why, thought he, should not the parts of a clock be made so they would be interchangeable?
Christopher and the Clockmakers
Sara Ware Bassett

Word Origin and History for interchangeable

adj.

late 14c. (implied in interchangeably), from inter- + changeable. Related: Interchangeability.

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Synonyms

Examples from the Web for interchangeable

Contemporary Examples

Lots of interchangeable parts: That is how China can roll out so many missile types so quickly.

Materials and mediums are interchangeable—a metaphor, we learn, for mixing and breaking hierarchies of race, class, and more.

But across post-Soviet Ukraine the three have long been regarded as interchangeable and inseparable.

We sink into the domesticated blandness of our interchangeable, modern-era selves.

Perry does the opposite, creating worlds in which white people are disposable, interchangeable, and not the assumed focal point.

Historical Examples

To do worship, and to do honour, were then interchangeable terms.

The careless often use these two words as though they were interchangeable.

The two looked alike in Portland; they were interchangeable.

And the words home and wife were interchangeable and stood for the same thing.

Why, thought he, should not the parts of a clock be made so they would be interchangeable?

Word Origin and History for interchangeable

adj.

Origin of interchangeable