alterable
Able to change
Alterable means capable of being changed or modified.
Most things are alterable to some degree—plans, documents, clothing, opinions.
The word often appears in contexts where changeability matters: The contract terms are alterable until signing.
Something unalterable, by contrast, is fixed or permanent.
Able to be changed
- variableProne to fluctuation
- modifiableAble to be changed
- convertibleCar with folding roof
- transformableAble to change form
revisable · amendable · revocable · adjustable · adaptable · flexible · shiftable · reconfigurable
Temporary, soon departing
- temporaryLimited in duration
- ephemeralLasting very briefly
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- unstableProne to sudden change
inconstant · fluctuating · unfixed · shifting · fluid · dynamic · protean · transitional
Capable of bending easily
- moldableCapable of being shaped
- shapeableAble to be molded
- reshapableAble to reform contours
- formableAble to be molded
workable · ductile · plastic · impressionable · yielding · softened · sculptable
Able to be customized
- adjustableAble to be changed
- configurableAble to be adjusted
- tweakableCapable of minor adjustment
- refinableAble to be purified
personalizable · tuneable · settable · programmable · reprogrammable · scalable · upgradable
mutable
Able to be changed
- variableProne to fluctuation
- modifiableAble to be changed
- convertibleCar with folding roof
transformable · revisable · amendable · revocable · adjustable · adaptable · flexible · shiftable · reconfigurable · reversible
transient
Temporary, soon departing
unstable · inconstant · fluctuating · unfixed · shifting · fluid · dynamic · protean · transitional · provisional
pliable
Capable of bending easily
- moldableCapable of being shaped
- shapeableAble to be molded
- reshapableAble to reform contours
formable · workable · ductile · plastic · impressionable · yielding · softened · sculptable
tailorable
Able to be customized
- adjustableAble to be changed
- configurableAble to be adjusted
- tweakableCapable of minor adjustment
refinable · personalizable · tuneable · settable · programmable · reprogrammable · scalable · upgradable
alterableunalterable
Incapable of being changed
unchangeable · immutable · inalterable · fixed · invariable
alterableinflexible
Unable to bend
rigid · inelastic · unadaptable · unyielding · unbending
alterablepermanent
Fixed without end
constant · unchanging · immutable · final · irrevocable