mutable

[ myoo-tuh-buhl ]
/ ˈmyu tə bəl /

adjective

liable or subject to change or alteration.
given to changing; constantly changing; fickle or inconstant: the mutable ways of fortune.

Origin of mutable

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin mūtābilis, equivalent to mūtā(re) to change + -bilis -ble

SYNONYMS FOR mutable

1 changeable, variable.
2 unstable, vacillating, unsettled, wavering, unsteady.

ANTONYMS FOR mutable

2 stable.

OTHER WORDS FROM mutable

Words nearby mutable

mustn't, musty, mut, mut dash, mut., mutable, mutable sign, mutacism, mutagen, mutagenesis, mutagenic

British Dictionary definitions for hypermutability

mutable
/ (ˈmjuːtəbəl) /

adjective

able to or tending to change
astrology of or relating to four of the signs of the zodiac, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces, which are associated with the quality of adaptability Compare cardinal (def. 9), fixed (def. 10)

Derived forms of mutable

mutability or rare mutableness, noun mutably, adverb

Word Origin for mutable

C14: from Latin mūtābilis fickle, from mūtāre to change