changeable

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈtʃeɪndʒəbəl/ UK /ˈtʃeɪndʒəbəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
liable to change; able to be altered or varied

The mountain weather is notoriously changeable in spring.

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Synonyms

1 adj · liable to change; able to... variable fickle inconstant mutable unstable unsettled mercurial capricious

Opposites

changeless constant fixed stable permanent immutable

Word family

Forms changeableness

Derived forms changeablychangeablenesschangeability

Related forms change changeful changeless

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The Chimpanzee Champion
A cheap, changeable, child-like chimpanzee champion playing checkers with Charles.

The repeated ch starts use /tʃ/. Begin with short groups such as cheap, changeable and chimpanzee champion, then connect the whole sentence.

Etymology

From change + -able, from Old French changier ('to alter, exchange'), from Late Latin cambiāre, from Latin cambīre ('to exchange, barter'), of Celtic origin.

changier Old French cambiāre la-lat

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# changeable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈtʃeɪndʒəbəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtʃeɪndʒəbəl/

## Meanings
1. liable to change; able to be altered or varied

## Examples
- The mountain weather is notoriously changeable in spring.

## Synonyms
- variable
- fickle
- inconstant
- mutable
- unstable
- unsettled
- mercurial
- capricious

## Antonyms
- changeless
- constant
- fixed
- stable
- permanent
- immutable

## Derived Forms
- changeably
- changeableness
- changeability

## Related Forms
- change
- changeful
- changeless

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: changier
- Root: cambiāre

## Etymology
From change + -able, from Old French changier ('to alter, exchange'), from Late Latin cambiāre, from Latin cambīre ('to exchange, barter'), of Celtic origin.

## AI Etymology
Changeable is from change + -able, from Old French changier ('to alter, exchange'), from Late Latin cambiāre, from Latin cambīre ('to exchange, barter'), of Celtic origin. In present-day use, it means liable to change; able to be altered or varied. Derived formations include changeably, changeableness, and changeability. Related vocabulary includes change, changeful, and changeless.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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