Meanings
comparative more unchangeable · superlative most unchangeable
- Not changeable; incapable of being changed or of changing; immutable.
Psychologists call this the entity theory of intelligence, which is simply the belief that ability is innate and unchangeable.
2025 September 2, T. Alexander, “5 Ways We Make Ourselves Less Intelligent Each Day”, in Psychology Today1 more example
Less than 15 minutes in, he noted that he had signed an executive order declaring that the federal government will only recognize two unchangeable sexes, male and female, and another order banning trans women from participating in women’s sports.
2025 March 5, Jo Yurcaba, “Fact-checking Trump's anti-transgender comments in his address to Congress”, in NBC News, archived from the original on 15 Apr 2025
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot changeable or subject to change
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishunchaungeable
- Englishunchangeable
Inherited from Middle English unchaungeable; equivalent to un- + changeable.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀνάλλακτος, ἀμετάθετος
- ἀνάλλακτος (anállaktos)incapable of being changed
- ἀμετάθετος (ametáthetos)incapable of being changed
- ἄτρεπτος (átreptos)incapable of being changed
Bulgarian неизменя́ем, неизменен
- неизменя́ем (neizmenjáem)incapable of being changed
- неизменен (neizmenen)incapable of being changed
Catalan incanviable
- incanviableincapable of being changed
French inchangeable
- inchangeableincapable of being changed
German unveränderbar
- unveränderbarincapable of being changed
Greek αμετάβλητος
- αμετάβλητος (ametávlitos)incapable of being changed
Italian immutabile, inalterabile
- immutabileincapable of being changed
- inalterabileincapable of being changed
Persian دگرناپذیر
- دگرناپذیرincapable of being changed
Spanish incambiable
- incambiableincapable of being changed
Cite this entry
unchangeable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unchangeable
“unchangeable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unchangeable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unchangeable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unchangeable.
Source: unchangeable on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.