Meaning & Definition of Changeable in English

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"

2. Such that alteration is possible

• Having a marked tendency to change

• "Changeable behavior"

• "Changeable moods"

• "Changeable prices"

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"

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"