- able to or tending to change
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
mu•ta•ble /ˈmyutəbəl/USA pronunciation
adj.
mu•ta•bly, adv. See -mut-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- allowing change:mutable laws of nature.
- likely to change:the mutable ways of fortune.
mu•ta•bly, adv. See -mut-.
mu•ta•ble
(myo̅o̅′tə bəl),USA pronunciation adj.
mu′ta•bil′i•ty, mu′ta•ble•ness, n.
mu′ta•bly, adv.
- liable or subject to change or alteration.
- given to changing;
constantly changing;
fickle or inconstant:the mutable ways of fortune.
- Latin mūtābilis, equivalent. to mūtā(re) to change + -bilis -ble
- Middle English 1350–1400
mu′ta•bly, adv.
- 1. changeable, variable. 2. unstable, vacillating, unsettled, wavering, unsteady.
- 2. stable.
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mutable /ˈmjuːtəbəl/ adj
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'mutable' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Gemini
- Pisces
- Sagittarius
- Virgo
- eternal
- immutable
- inconstant
- mutable sign
- quadruplicity
