commutable

[ kuh-myoo-tuh-buh l ]
/ kəˈmyu tə bəl /
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adjective

that may be commuted; exchangeable or interchangeable.

Origin of commutable

1640–50; < Latin commūtābilis, equivalent to commūtā(re) to commute + -bilis -ble

OTHER WORDS FROM commutable

com·mut·a·bil·i·ty, com·mut·a·ble·ness, noun un·com·mut·a·ble, adjective

Words nearby commutable

community singing, community support officer, community-service order, community-supported agriculture, communize, commutable, commutate, commutation, commutation ticket, commutative, commutative group

Words related to commutable

compatible, synonymous, convertible, changeable, converse, correspondent, equivalent, exchangeable, mutual, reciprocal, same, reciprocative, fungible, interconvertible, complementary, correlative, replaceable, returnable, substitutive, transmutable

Example sentences from the Web for commutable

  • When we speak of a city we speak of the driving distance or the commutable distance to a city.

    Warren Commission (4 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

  • But you and I are commutable here; we can exchange places; and, as you go bail for my desk, so I can go bail for yours.

    The Meaning of Truth |William James

British Dictionary definitions for commutable

commutable
/ (kəˈmjuːtəbəl) /

adjective

law (of a punishment) capable of being reduced in severity
able to be exchanged

Derived forms of commutable

commutability or commutableness, noun