Definition of MUTABLE

mutable

Plural: mutables

Adjective

  • Capable of being changed or varying.
  • 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"

Adj

  • Changeable, dynamic, evolutive; inclined to change, evolve, mutate.
  • Having a value that is changeable during program execution.
  • 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.

Examples

  • The board state was mutable; one good play could completely alter the game’s direction.

Origin / Etymology

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

Antonyms

immutable

Scrabble Score: 11

mutable: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
mutable: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mutable: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

mutable: valid Words With Friends Word