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View synonyms for interchangeable

interchangeable

[ in-ter-cheyn-juh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other:

    interchangeable symbols.

  2. (of one thing) capable of replacing or changing places with something else:

    an interchangeable part.



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Other Words From

  • in·ter·change·a·bil·i·ty [in-ter-cheyn-j, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], in·ter·change·a·ble·ness noun
  • in·ter·change·a·bly adverb
  • non·in·ter·change·a·bil·i·ty noun
  • non·in·ter·change·a·ble adjective
  • non·in·ter·change·a·ble·ness noun
  • un·in·ter·change·a·ble adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of interchangeable1

First recorded in 1400–50; interchange + -able; replacing late Middle English entrechaungeable, from Middle French entrechangeable

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Example Sentences

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.

The final d is also omitted by illiterate speakers; Usted is pronounced Uste, and even de becomes e. B and v are interchangeable.

The terms "clan," "gens," and "phratry" are by them used with bewildering inconsistency, and are often interchangeable.

To manufacture watches in quantity it was imperative that the parts be interchangeable.

As in the case of the merchant who refused to pay the imposition on currants, ‘Bate’ and ‘Bates’ were considered interchangeable.

This is interchangeable with the regular back, is provided with ground glass for focusing and takes double plate holders.

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