VARIABLE Synonyms

• capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic

• (of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being changed to one less severe

• capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature

• such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change

• subject to change

• varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles

• capable of being changed

• able to flex; able to bend easily

• making or willing to make concessions

• able to adjust readily to different conditions

• bending and snapping back readily without breaking

• likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable

• capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature

• prone to frequent change; inconstant

• tending to undergo genetic mutation

• the act of moving from one place to another

• continuously varying

• changing position or direction

• (of soil) unstable

• capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use

• capable of being changed so as to match or fit

• capable of being regulated

• a substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure

• continuous amorphous matter that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container: a liquid or a gas

• subject to change; variable

• characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape

• smooth and unconstrained in movement

• in cash or easily convertible to cash

• affording change (especially in social status)

• displaying a lack of consistency

• not capable of being made consistent or harmonious

• not in agreement

• capable of being modified in form or character or strength (especially by making less extreme)

• evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures

• a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor

• liable to lead to sudden change or violence

• marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments

• tending to vary often or widely

• a quantity that can assume any of a set of values

• one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group

• markedly different from an accepted norm

• marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments

• liable to sudden unpredictable change

• having unpredictable ups and downs

• a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves

• any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance

• (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program

• a quantity (such as the mean or variance) that characterizes a statistical population and that can be estimated by calculations from sample data

• lacking stability or fixity or firmness

• highly or violently reactive

• affording no ease or reassurance

• suffering from severe mental illness

• disposed to psychological variability

• subject to change; variable

• subject to change or variation

• not firmly or solidly positioned