changeable

 
  Grep  of  noun  changeable 
  changeableness 
 
  Overview  of  adj  changeable 
 
  The  adj  changeable  has  4  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  mutable,  changeable  --  (capable  of  or  tending  to  change  in  form  or  quality  or  nature;  "a  mutable  substance";  "the  mutable  ways  of  fortune";  "mutable  weather  patterns";  "a  mutable  foreign  policy") 
  2.  changeable,  changeful  --  (such  that  alteration  is  possible;  having  a  marked  tendency  to  change;  "changeable  behavior";  "changeable  moods";  "changeable  prices") 
  3.  changeable,  uncertain,  unsettled  --  (subject  to  change;  "a  changeable  climate";  "the  weather  is  uncertain";  "unsettled  weather  with  rain  and  hail  and  sunshine  coming  one  right  after  the  other") 
  4.  changeable,  chatoyant,  iridescent,  shot  --  (varying  in  color  when  seen  in  different  lights  or  from  different  angles;  "changeable  taffeta";  "chatoyant  (or  shot)  silk";  "a  dragonfly  hovered,  vibrating  and  iridescent") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  changeable 
 
  4  senses  of  changeable 
 
  Sense  1 
  mutable  (vs.  immutable),  changeable 
 
 
  Sense  2 
  changeable  (vs.  unchangeable),  changeful 
 
  unchangeable  (vs.  changeable) 
  =>  changeless,  unalterable 
  =>  confirmed 
  =>  fixed,  frozen 
  =>  set  in  stone,  carved  in  stone 
  =>  static,  stable,  unchanging 
 
  Sense  3 
  changeable,  uncertain,  unsettled 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  variable)  ->  invariable 
 
  Sense  4 
  changeable,  chatoyant,  iridescent,  shot 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  colorful)  ->  colorless,  colourless 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  changeable 
 
  4  senses  of  changeable 
 
  Sense  1 
  mutable  (vs.  immutable),  changeable 
 
  Sense  2 
  changeable  (vs.  unchangeable),  changeful 
  =>  adjustable 
  =>  astatic 
  =>  erratic,  fickle,  mercurial,  quicksilver(postnominal) 
  =>  fluid,  unstable 
  =>  jittering 
  =>  kaleidoscopic,  kaleidoscopical 
  =>  erratic,  fickle,  mercurial,  quicksilver(postnominal) 
  =>  open-ended 
  =>  quick-change(postnominal) 
  =>  reversible 
  =>  volatile 
  =>  distortable 
  =>  fluid,  mobile 
  =>  mobile 
  Also  See->  exchangeable#1;  inconstant#1 
 
  Sense  3 
  changeable,  uncertain,  unsettled 
  =>  variable  (vs.  invariable) 
 
  Sense  4 
  changeable,  chatoyant,  iridescent,  shot 
  =>  colorful  (vs.  colorless),  colourful 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  changeable 
 
  1  of  4  senses  of  changeable 
 
  Sense  2 
  changeable  (vs.  unchangeable),  changeful 
  =>  changeableness,  changeability 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  changeable 
 
  changeable  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  4) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  changeable 
  changeable 
  exchangeable 
  interchangeable 
  noninterchangeable 
  unchangeable 
  unexchangeable 
 
  Overview  of  adj  changeable 
 
  The  adj  changeable  has  4  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  mutable,  changeable  --  (capable  of  or  tending  to  change  in  form  or  quality  or  nature;  "a  mutable  substance";  "the  mutable  ways  of  fortune";  "mutable  weather  patterns";  "a  mutable  foreign  policy") 
  2.  changeable,  changeful  --  (such  that  alteration  is  possible;  having  a  marked  tendency  to  change;  "changeable  behavior";  "changeable  moods";  "changeable  prices") 
  3.  changeable,  uncertain,  unsettled  --  (subject  to  change;  "a  changeable  climate";  "the  weather  is  uncertain";  "unsettled  weather  with  rain  and  hail  and  sunshine  coming  one  right  after  the  other") 
  4.  changeable,  chatoyant,  iridescent,  shot  --  (varying  in  color  when  seen  in  different  lights  or  from  different  angles;  "changeable  taffeta";  "chatoyant  (or  shot)  silk";  "a  dragonfly  hovered,  vibrating  and  iridescent") 

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