changeable

[ cheyn-juh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. liable to change or to be changed; variable.

  2. of changing color or appearance: changeable silk.

Origin of changeable

1
Middle English word dating back to 1200–50; see origin at change, -able

Other words for changeable

Other words from changeable

  • change·a·bil·i·ty, change·a·ble·ness, noun
  • change·a·bly, adverb
  • non·change·a·ble, adjective
  • non·change·a·ble·ness, noun
  • non·change·a·bly, adverb
  • un·change·a·bil·i·ty, noun
  • un·change·a·ble, adjective
  • un·change·a·bly, adverb

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How to use changeable in a sentence

  • It was a part of himself, woven unchangeably into his life in a glowing skein, the brilliant colors of which could never fade.

    The New Tenant | E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • Indifference is the equivalent of the unchangeably serene, the deaf soul, the woman who knows not how to love.

    The conquest of Rome | Matilde Serao
  • Not a word, sir; not a word—my resolution is taken unchangeably.

    Eveline Mandeville | Alvin Addison
  • By eternal necessity of what they are, justice and love must be unchangeably and forever right.

    Theoretical Ethics | Milton Valentine
  • To this class likewise I desired to show, by a visible proof, that God is unchangeably the same.

    George Muller of Bristol | Arthur T. Pierson

British Dictionary definitions for changeable

changeable

/ (ˈtʃeɪndʒəbəl) /


adjective
  1. able to change or be changed; fickle: changeable weather

  2. varying in colour when viewed from different angles or in different lights

Derived forms of changeable

  • changeability or changeableness, noun
  • changeably, adverb

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