Meaning of MUTABLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'myootubul
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| | Definition: | | [adj] 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" |
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| | Synonyms: | | changeable |
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| | Antonyms: | | changeless, immutable | | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
Things of the most accidental and mutable nature.
--South.
2. Changeable; inconstant; unsettled; unstable; fickle.
``Most mutable wishes.'' --Byron.
Syn: Changeable; alterable; unstable; unsteady; unsettled;
wavering; inconstant; variable; fickle.
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| | Related Terms: | | able to adapt, adaptable, adjustable, alterable, alterative, ambitendent, ambivalent, at loose ends, brittle, capricious, changeable, changeful, changing, checkered, choppy, corruptible, deciduous, deviating, deviative, deviatory, different, disorderly, divaricate, divergent, diversified, diversiform, double-minded, dubious, dying, ephemeral, erose, erratic, evanescent, ever-changing, fading, fence-sitting, fence-straddling, fickle, fleeting, flexible, flitting, fluctuating, fluid, fly-by-night, flying, fragile, frail, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, impetuous, impulsive, inconsistent, inconstant, indecisive, infirm of purpose, insubstantial, irregular, irresolute, irresolved, jagged, jerky, kaleidoscopic, lubricious, malleable, many-sided, mercurial, metamorphic, mobile, modifiable, momentary, mortal, motley, movable, mugwumpian, mugwumpish, nonconformist, nondurable, nonpermanent, nonstandard, nonuniform, of two minds, passing, perishable, permutable, plastic, pluralistic, protean, proteiform, ragged, resilient, rough, rubbery, shifty, shilly-shally, short-lived, slippery, spasmodic, sporadic, subject to death, supple, swaying, swinging, temperamental, temporal, temporary, ticklish, transient, transitive, transitory, uncertain, undecided, undetermined, undurable, unenduring, unequable, unequal, uneven, unorthodox, unresolved, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, unsystematic, ununiform, vacillating, variable, variegated, variform, various, varying, volatile, wavering |
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