Nearby Words
adjective
1.
liable or subject to change or alteration.
2.
given to changing; constantly changing; fickle or inconstant: the mutable ways of fortune.
Related forms
mu·ta·bil·i·ty, mu·ta·ble·ness, noun
mu·ta·bly, adverb
hy·per·mu·ta·bil·i·ty, noun
hy·per·mu·ta·ble, adjective
hy·per·mu·ta·ble·ness, noun
EXPANDhy·per·mu·ta·b·ly, adverb
non·mu·ta·bil·i·ty, noun
non·mut·a·ble, adjective
non·mut·a·ble·ness, noun
non·mut·a·b·ly, adverb
un·mu·ta·ble, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. changeable, variable. 2. unstable, vacillating, unsettled, wavering, unsteady.
1. changeable, variable. 2. unstable, vacillating, unsettled, wavering, unsteady.
Antonyms
2. stable.
2. stable.
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Mutability
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Example Sentences
- He too makes a quantum leap here, establishing himself for the first time as an actor of real weight and mutability.
- Senna writes about the mutability of race in this collection of stories.
- The mutability of human things has been a theme on which essayists have written and preachers dilated.
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World English Dictionary
| mutable (ˈmjuːtəbəl) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | able to or tending to change |
| 2. | astrology cardinal Compare fixed of or relating to four of the signs of the zodiac, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces, which are associated with the quality of adaptability |
| [C14: from Latin mūtābilis fickle, from mūtāre to change] | |
| muta'bility | |
| —n | |
| 'mutableness | |
| —n | |
| 'mutably | |
| —adv | |
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