mutable
AdjectiveSynonyms:
changeable
WordNet 3.0
Adjective (1)
- capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature“a mutable substance”“the mutable ways of fortune”“mutable weather patterns”“a mutable foreign policy”Synonyms: changeable
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Mutable \Mu"ta*ble\, a. [L. mutabilis, fr. mutare to change. See Move.]
1.Capable of alteration; subject to change; changeable in form, qualities, or nature. [1913 Webster]
Things of the most accidental and mutable nature.— South.[1913 Webster]
2.Changeable; inconstant; unsettled; unstable; fickle. "Most mutable wishes." --Byron. [1913 Webster]
Syn: Changeable; alterable; unstable; unsteady; unsettled; wavering; inconstant; variable; fickle. [1913 Webster]