mutable
/ˈmjuːtəb(ə)l
/adjective
1Liable to change: the mutable nature of fashion...
- However, the dynamic, mutable nature of open source often results in complexity.
- It is, without doubt, a very exciting, innovative, constantly changing, hugely mutable and malleable tool.
- In this fiction the main characters are mutable, changing with the environment.
Synonyms
changeable, variable, varying, fluctuating, shifting, inconsistent, unpredictable, inconstant, uncertain, fluid, erratic, irregular, uneven, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, protean, chameleon-like, chameleonic;
capricious, fickle, faithless, flighty, unreliable, undependable, mercurial, volatile
technical labile
rare changeful, fluctuant
1.1 literary Inconstant in one’s affections: youth is said to be fickle and mutable
Origin
Late Middle English: from Latin mutabilis, from mutare 'to change'.