changeable
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- adjective
- /ˈʧeɪndʒəbl/
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iridiscente
- The broken pieces of song stir like breath among the neckties, among the hiding hues of changeable silk winking like eyes.
Examples
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Eagles (changeable hawk and serpent eagles) were cooperative on their low perches, and we also "captured" an Indian Roller, a large colorful member of the kingfisher family.
Academic text (2006) -
All that stuff is changeable and also it's surface level.
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Beginning in middle school, mathematics content and the mathematics course sequence become less fluid and less changeable.
Academic text (2007) -
It can be dull, bright, flat, contrasty, or changeable.
Academic text (1994) -
His face was all gray pallor and dark hollows in the changeable firelight.
Fiction book (1992) -
Photo (black & white): A changeable hawk eagle perches in a low tree (Udewalawe Reserve).
Academic text (2006) -
A feeling of unreality possessed Gerald as he watched the structure of his child unfold across the screen in changeable swaths of light.
Fiction book (1998) -
In Lizzie's eyes, soft black islands encircled by blue-gray irises casting changeable light, I saw that she couldn't say to herself that she found me undesirable, even if she could say I didn't impress her.
Fiction book (1998) -
The butterfly's wings are changeable, reflecting different colors in the sunlight.
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The artist used changeable paint that shifts hues depending on the angle of light.
Synonyms
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Bright colors that seem to change when seen from different angles
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Full of many bright colors and shapes that change often
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Soft, shiny colors on a surface that look like a small rainbow
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A shiny surface like a pearl that shows rainbow colors when you move it
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Fabric that looks like different colors from different angles
Shining with a changing color or light when you look from different angles
That changes color when in light
Something that changes color when exposed to light, heat, or chemicals
Full of bright colors and patterns that change quickly
Antonyms
How Iridescent
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Changeable is made from change + -able, meaning 'able to change'. A helpful image is a soap bubble or a dragonfly wing that seems to change color as you move it, which is why changeable can describe surfaces that show different colors in different light.