alterable C2+ Topic:Describing People US /ˈɔltərəbəl/ UK /ˈɔːlt(ə)rəbəl/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj capable of being changed or modified The booking is alterable up to a day before departure. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · capable of being changed or... changeablemodifiableadjustablevariablemutable ↔ Opposites unalterablefixedimmutablepermanent Word family Derived forms alterabilityalterableness Related forms alteralteration Etymology AI details From alter + -able; from Latin alterāre ('to change'), from alter ('other, the other of two'). alterāre Latin alter Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing People Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # alterable **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈɔltərəbəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɔːlt(ə)rəbəl/ ## Meanings 1. capable of being changed or modified ## Examples - The booking is alterable up to a day before departure. ## Synonyms - changeable - modifiable - adjustable - variable - mutable ## Antonyms - unalterable - fixed - immutable - permanent ## Derived Forms - alterability - alterableness ## Related Forms - alter - alteration ## Roots and Affixes - Root: alterāre - Root: alter ## Etymology From alter + -able; from Latin alterāre ('to change'), from alter ('other, the other of two'). ## AI Etymology Alterable is from alter + -able; from Latin alterāre ('to change'), from alter ('other, the other of two'). Important recorded forms include alterāre (Latin) and alter (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers capable of being changed or modified. The wider family includes derived forms such as alterability and alterableness and related words such as alter and alteration. ## Topics - Describing People - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown