changeable (adj.)

  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

    [ Syn: mutable ]

  2. such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change; changeable behavior; changeable moods; changeable prices

    [ Syn: changeful ]

  3. subject to change; a changeable climate; the weather is uncertain; unsettled weather with rain and hail and sunshine coming one right after the other

    [ Syn: uncertain , unsettled ]

  4. varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; changeable taffeta; chatoyant (or shot) silk; a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent

    [ Syn: chatoyant , iridescent , shot ]

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