mutable

Meaning

Adj

1. Changeable, dynamic, evolutive; inclined to change, evolve, mutate.
2. Having a value that is changeable during program execution.
3. Being one of the signs Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces, associated with adaptability, flexibility and sympathy.

Noun

Something mutable; a variable or value that can change.

Synonyms

changeable

variable

volatile

alterable

fickle

protean

mercurial

multivariate

pliant

shift

shifty

unsettled

unstable

liable to change

pershable

about-face

polytropic

alternate

changing

fluctuate

fluid

inconstant

Translations

veränderlich

veränderbar

veranderlijk

mutable

değişken

mutabel

alterabile

variabile

mutabile

modifizierbar

alterable

wandelbar

μεταβλητός

änderbar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmjuːtəbəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: mutable

In summary

From Middle English mutable, from Old French mutable, from Latin mutabilis (“liable to change”). By surface analysis, muta- + -able.