Word Games Pro Dictionary
mutable
adjective
tending to undergo genetic mutation
Quick reference
Word Facts
How it sounds
Pronunciation
ˈmjuːtəbl̩
Listen
Audio Pronunciation
Audio pronunciation is unavailable for this word.
Meaning
Definitions
adjective
tending to undergo genetic mutation
“It is likely, too, that the chromosomes of all eubacteria are as mutable as that of E. coli”
adjective
capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature
“a mutable substance”
adjective
prone to frequent change; inconstant
“the fickle and mutable nature of truth”
In context
Example Sentences
It is likely, too, that the chromosomes of all eubacteria are as mutable as that of E. coli
a mutable substance
mutable weather patterns
a mutable foreign policy
the fickle and mutable nature of truth
the mutable ways of fortune
Similar words
Synonyms
Opposite words