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alterable
al·ter A0229700 (ôl′tər)v. al·tered, al·ter·ing, al·ters v.tr.1. To change or make different; modify: altered my will.2. To adjust (a garment) for a better fit.3. To castrate or spay (an animal, such as a cat or a dog).v.intr. To change or become different. [Middle English alteren, from Old French alterer, from Medieval Latin alterāre, from Latin alter, other; see al- in Indo-European roots.] al′ter·a·bil′i·ty, al′ter·a·ble·ness n.al′ter·a·ble adj.al′ter·a·bly adv.ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | alterable - capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic; "alterable clothing"; "alterable conditions of employment"inalterable, unalterable - not capable of being changed or altered; "unalterable resolve"; "an unalterable ground rule" | | 2. | alterable - (of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being changed to one less severelaw, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"commutable - subject to alteration or change; "the death sentence was commutable to life imprisonment" |
alterableadjectiveCapable of or liable to change:changeable, fluid, inconstant, mutable, uncertain, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable, variant.Archaic: various.TranslationsIdiomsSeealterLegalSeeAlteralterable
Synonyms for alterableadj capable of or liable to changeSynonyms- changeable
- fluid
- inconstant
- mutable
- uncertain
- unsettled
- unstable
- unsteady
- variable
- variant
- various
Antonyms for alterableadj capable of being changed or altered in some characteristicAntonymsadj (of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being changed to one less severeRelated Words- law
- jurisprudence
- commutable
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