Hypertext Webster Gateway: "changeable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Changeable \Change"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. changeable.]
1. Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable;
variable; fickle; inconstant; as, a changeable humor.
2. Appearing different, as in color, in different lights, or
under different circumstances; as, changeable silk.
Syn: Mutable; alterable; variable; inconstant; fitful;
vacillating; capricious; fickle; unstable; unsteady;
unsettled; wavering; erratic; giddy; volatile.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
changeable
adj 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" [syn: {mutable}] [ant: {immutable}]
2: such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency
to change; "changeable behavior"; "changeable moods";
"changeable prices" [syn: {changeful}] [ant: {unchangeable}]
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" [syn: {uncertain},
{unsettled}]
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" [syn: {chatoyant}, {iridescent}, {shot}]
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