mutable
Subject to alteration
Mutable means capable of change.
A mutable personality shifts with circumstances.
In computing, mutable data can be modified after creation, unlike immutable data which cannot: Strings in Python are immutable, but lists are mutable.
The word appears in technical and formal contexts more than casual speech.
Able to be changed
- modifiableAble to be changed
- changeableCapable of alteration
- adjustableAble to be changed
- transformableAble to change form
convertible · revisable · amendable · fluid · dynamic · malleable · reshapable · permutable
Liable to sudden change
- inconsistentLacking steady uniformity
- erraticLacking regularity or consistency
- unpredictableCannot be anticipated
- capriciousSubject to sudden changes
fickle · mercurial · temperamental · fluctuating · transient · ephemeral · impermanent · unsettled
Able to bend freely
- versatileCapable in varied contexts
- pliableCapable of bending easily
- resilientAble to recover quickly
- accommodatingWilling to help others
adjustable · malleable · adaptable · receptive · pliant · elastic · supple · yielding
Prone to fluctuation
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
- datatypeVariable's value category
- pointerReference to memory location
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
scope · state · object · array · property · field · attribute · setter
Bending under pressure
- docileEasily controlled or taught
- pliantEasily bent or influenced
- tractableEasily managed or controlled
- biddableReadily obeying commands
persuadable · impressionable · suggestible · acquiescent · pliable · moldable · manageable · governable
Species changing over generations
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- allelesVariant forms of genes
- genesUnits of heredity
- genomeOrganism's total hereditary material
chromosomes · hereditary · variation · polymorphism · recombination · genetic drift · nucleotide · sequence
alterable
Able to be changed
- modifiableAble to be changed
- changeableCapable of alteration
- adjustableAble to be changed
transformable · convertible · revisable · amendable · fluid · dynamic · malleable · reshapable · permutable · shifting
volatile
Liable to sudden change
- inconsistentLacking steady uniformity
- erraticLacking regularity or consistency
- unpredictableCannot be anticipated
capricious · fickle · mercurial · temperamental · fluctuating · transient · ephemeral · impermanent · unsettled · precarious
flexible
Able to bend freely
accommodating · adjustable · malleable · adaptable · receptive · pliant · elastic · supple · yielding · customizable
variable
Prone to fluctuation
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
- datatypeVariable's value category
- pointerReference to memory location
reference · scope · state · object · array · property · field · attribute · setter · getter
yielding
Bending under pressure
- docileEasily controlled or taught
- pliantEasily bent or influenced
- tractableEasily managed or controlled
biddable · persuadable · impressionable · suggestible · acquiescent · pliable · moldable · manageable · governable · influenceable
evolution
Species changing over generations
genome · chromosomes · hereditary · variation · polymorphism · recombination · genetic drift · nucleotide · sequence · replication
- temporarytemporary, temp job, interim, temp worker, provisional
- programmingvariables, functions, for, function, debugger
- Rustownership, borrowing, lifetimes, traits, match
- code modifierspublic, private, protected, static, final
- time wordsminute, hour, day, now, soon
- astrologyastrology, zodiac, horoscope, horoscopes, birth chart
mutableimmutable
Incapable of being changed
unchangeable · changeless · unalterable · invariable · fixed
mutablepermanent
Fixed without end
eternal · everlasting · lasting · enduring · perpetual
mutablestable
Secure and unchanging
steady · constant · reliable · predictable · consistent
immutable, mutability, immutability, immutably, transmutable