changeable Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature
    mutable.
    • a mutable substance
    • the mutable ways of fortune
    • mutable weather patterns
    • a mutable foreign policy
  2. adjective such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change
    changeful.
    • changeable behavior
    • changeable moods
    • changeable prices
  3. adjective satellite subject to change
    unsettled; uncertain.
    • a changeable climate
    • the weather is uncertain
    • unsettled weather with rain and hail and sunshine coming one right after the other
  4. adjective satellite varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
    shot; chatoyant; iridescent.
    • changeable taffeta
    • chatoyant (or shot) silk
    • a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent

WordNet

Change"a*ble adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. changeable.
Definitions
  1. Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable; variable; fickle; inconstant; as, a changeable humor.
  2. Appearing different, as in color, in different lights, or under different circumstances; as, changeable silk. Syn. -- Mutable; alterable; variable; inconstant; fitful; vacillating; capricious; fickle; unstable; unsteady; unsettled; wavering; erratic; giddy; volatile.

Webster 1913