interchangeable
- (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
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compatible, synonymous, changeable, converse, convertible, correspondent, equivalent, exchangeable, mutual, reciprocal, same, reciprocative, commutable, fungible, interconvertibleExamples from the Web for interchangeable
Contemporary Examples of interchangeable
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.
Saatchi Resurrects Ancient Pangaea with Show Featuring South American and African ArtistsChloë Ashby
April 4, 2014
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 of interchangeable
To do worship, and to do honour, were then interchangeable terms.
Clare AveryEmily Sarah Holt
The careless often use these two words as though they were interchangeable.
The VerbalistThomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
The two looked alike in Portland; they were interchangeable.
A Preface to PoliticsWalter Lippmann
And the words home and wife were interchangeable and stood for the same thing.
The Backwash of WarEllen N. La Motte
Why, thought he, should not the parts of a clock be made so they would be interchangeable?
Christopher and the ClockmakersSara Ware Bassett
Word Origin and History for interchangeable
late 14c. (implied in interchangeably), from inter- + changeable. Related: Interchangeability.