changeability

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noun

The quality of being changeable; changeableness.

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Meanings

nounchangeability (usually uncountable, plural changeabilities)

plural changeabilities

  1. uncountableusuallyThe quality of being changeable; changeableness.

    1999, Neil Gaiman, Stardust, page 9 (2001 Perennial Edition). It was chilly that April, with the awkward changeability of English spring.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂em-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ḱh₂embos
  3. Proto-Celtic*kambos
  4. Gaulishcambion
  5. Latincambium
  6. Late Latincambiō
  7. Late Latincambiāre
  8. Old Frenchchangier
  9. Anglo-Normanchaunger
  10. Middle Englishchaungen
  11. Englishchange
  12. Englishchangeability

From change + -ability.

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APA

changeability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/changeability

MLA

“changeability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/changeability. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “changeability,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/changeability.

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