changeable

Capable of being changed.

Adjective

  1. Capable of being changed.

    Synonyms: alterable modifiable variable abateable changeable dynamic editable inconstant mutable

  2. Subject to sudden or frequent changes.
    • The weather is very changeable today: we've had bright sunshine, clouds, wind and rain in the same half-hour.
    • There will be no problems with visibility, or the highly changeable Highland weather, as Scotland basks in what is reported to be the country's hottest September day for more than a century. - 2021 October 20, Paul...

    Synonyms: fickle labile variable

  3. Capable of camouflaging itself by changing colour.

    Synonyms: chameleonic

Origin

From Middle English chaungeable, from Old Northern French chaungeable, from Late Latin cambiāre (“to change”), equivalent to change + -able.

Forms

more changeable most changeable

Synonyms

changeable changeful changeling dynamic everchanging fickle fluid inconstant labile mobile moody shiftable up-and-down unstable variable volatile wavering

Antonyms

changeless

Hypernyms

mutable

Derived

changeability changeable hawk-eagle changeable lizard changeableness changeably nonchangeable unchangeable