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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

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, changeable] [ant:
           changeless, immutable]
    2: such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to
       change; "changeable behavior"; "changeable moods";
       "changeable prices" [syn: changeable, changeful] [ant:
       unchangeable]
    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:
       changeable, 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:
       changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Changeable \Change"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. changeable.]
   1. Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable;
      variable; fickle; inconstant; as, a changeable humor.
      [1913 Webster]

   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.
        [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for changeable:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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