adjective
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able to change or be changed; fickle
changeable weather
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varying in colour when viewed from different angles or in different lights
Other Word Forms
- changeability noun
- changeableness noun
- changeably adverb
- nonchangeable adjective
- nonchangeableness noun
- nonchangeably adverb
- unchangeability noun
- unchangeable adjective
- unchangeably adverb
Etymology
Origin of changeable
Middle English word dating back to 1200–50; see origin at change, -able
Vocabulary lists containing changeable
Example Sentences
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Multiple fires have broken out in Southeast Georgia as a combination of extreme drought, low humidity and changeable winds created the perfect conditions for the outbreaks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
“Science is changeable and the methods improve constantly, and the people who are most familiar with the possibilities and realities of those methods are the people doing the work at any given time,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
The rest of this week will be changeable and at times unsettled.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
Exporters continue to have greater difficulty finding overseas buyers, due in part to changeable U.S. policy, Christine Lagarde said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026
In the slant of sunlight coming from lower and lower in the sky, everything around them felt quicksilver and changeable.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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