able to change or be changed; fickle: changeable weather varying in colour when viewed from different angles or in different lights
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
change•able /ˈtʃeɪndʒəbəl/USA pronunciation adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- likely to change often;
unpredictable:He has a changeable nature.
change•a•ble
(chān′jə bəl),USA pronunciation adj.
change′a•bil′i•ty, change′a•ble•ness, n.
change′a•bly, adv.
- liable to change or to be changed;
variable. - of changing color or appearance:changeable silk.
- 1200–50; Middle English; see change, -able
change′a•bly, adv.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . erratic, inconstant, fickle, flighty, unstable.
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'changeable' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
absolutism
- chameleon
- constant
- fickle
- inconstant
- inequable
- instability
- kaleidoscopic
- light
- lightsome
- mercurial
- metabolic
- mob
- mobile
- moody
- mutable
- protean
- shot
- stable
- tune
- uncertain
- unsettled
- up-and-down
- vane
- variable
- versatile
- versicolor
- vertiginous
- volatile
- wayward
- weathercock