variable

Plural: variables

Noun

• Something that is likely to vary or change.
• something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation
  • "the weather is one variable to be considered"
• a quantity that can assume any of a set of values
• a star that varies noticeably in brightness
• a symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity
• Something that is variable.
• Something whose value may be dictated or discovered.
• A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.
• A symbol representing a variable.
• A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.
• A variable star.
• A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
• Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.

Adjective

• liable to or capable of change
  • "rainfall in the tropics is notoriously variable"
  • "variable winds"
  • "variable expenses"

Adjective Satellite

• marked by diversity or difference
  • "nature is infinitely variable"
• (used of a device) designed so that a property (as e.g. light) can be varied
  • "a variable capacitor"
  • "variable filters in front of the mercury xenon lights"

Adj

• Able to vary or be varied.
• Likely to vary.
• Marked by diversity or difference.
• Having no fixed quantitative value.
• Tending to deviate from a normal or recognized type.

Examples

• The ’Q’ tile on his rack was a VARIABLE, waiting for the right ’U’ to appear.
• There are several variables to consider here.
• variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity; a variable resistor

Synonyms

variable quantity, variable star, varying, abateable, aberrant, alterable, capricious, catholic, changeable, changeful, changeling, chaotic, dishomogeneous, diverse, diversified, dynamic, eclectic, editable, everchanging, fickle, fitful, flexible, fluctuating, fluid, heterogeneous, iffy, inconstant, instable, irregular, labile, liberal, manifold, mercurial, miscellaneous, mixed, mobile, modifiable, motley, multifarious, multifold, mutable, parameter, protean, rocky, shifting, shifty, slippery, spasmodic, sundry, temperamental, ticklish, uncertain, unequable, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, up-and-down, vacillating, variable, varied, various, volatile, waffling, wavering, yo-yo

Antonyms

invariable, changeable, constant, heterogeneous, immutable, mutable, nonimmutable, unalterable, unchangeable, unchanging, unsteady

Related Words

argument, unsteady, variable star, variate

Anagrams of variable