| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | changeable |
| Synonyms: | able to be changed, adaptable, adjustable, exchangeable, modifiable, swappable, switchable |
| Main Entry: | analogous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | agreeing, similar |
| Synonyms: | akin, alike, comparable, consonant, convertible, correspondent, corresponding, equivalent, homologous, interchangeable, kindred, like, parallel, related, resembling, undifferentiated, uniform |
| Notes: | homologus features are those that were originally the same in evolutionary development but have adapted differently (arms of humans, forelegs of cats, etc.); analogous features are those that resemble one another in function but are traceable back to completely different origins when a comparison is of such a nature that it comprises three terms, then comparable is the word to use; when it comprises four terms, the relation requires the word analogous |
| Antonyms: | disagreeing, disparate, dissimilar, unalike, unlike, unrelated |
| Main Entry: | changeable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | erratic |
| Synonyms: | agitated, capricious, changeful, commutative, convertible, fickle, fitful, flighty, fluctuating, fluid, impulsive, inconstant, indecisive, irregular, irresolute, irresponsible, kaleidoscopic, mercurial, mobile, movable, mutable, permutable, protean, restless, reversible, revocable, shifting, skittish, spasmodic, transformable, transitional, uncertain, unpredictable, unreliable, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, vagrant, variable, variant, varying, versatile, volatile, wavering, whimsical |
| Antonyms: | certain, changeless, constant, fixed, lasting, reliable, stable, steady, sure, unchangeable, undeviating |
| Main Entry: | equivalent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | same, similar |
| Synonyms: | agnate, akin, alike, analogous, carbon, commensurate, comparable, convertible, copy, correlative, correspondent, corresponding, ditto*, duplicate, equal, even, homologous, identical, indistinguishable, interchangeable, like, of a kind, parallel, proportionate, reciprocal, same difference, substitute, synonymous, tantamount |
| Antonyms: | changeable, different, dissimilar, mismatched, unequal, unlike |
| Main Entry: | interchangeable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | identical, transposable |
| Synonyms: | changeable, commutable, compatible, converse, convertible, correspondent, equivalent, exchangeable, fungible, interconvertible, mutual, reciprocal, reciprocative, same, substitutable, synonymous, workalike |
| Antonyms: | different, dissimilar |
| Main Entry: | liquid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | readily available |
| Synonyms: | convertible, fluid, free, marketable, negotiable, quick, ready, realizable, usable |
| Notes: | fluids include liquids and gases; a liquid is a fluid with a fixed volume, and a gas is a fluid that can expand indefinitely liquid is a substance that flows and takes on the form of its container; a fluid - substance with no fixed shape and yields easily to external pressure - can be a liquid but it can also be a gas |
| Antonyms: | frozen, unavailable |
| Main Entry: | mutual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shared, common |
| Synonyms: | associated, bilateral, collective, communal, conjoint, conjunct, connected, convertible, correlative, dependent, give-and-take, given and taken, interactive, interchangeable, interchanged, interdependent, intermutual, joint, partaken, participated, public, reciprocal, reciprocated, related, requited, respective, returned, two-sided, united |
| Notes: | mutual applies to reciprocal relationships between two or more things; if something is held in common, use 'common' instead |
| Antonyms: | detached, dissociated, distinct, separate, unshared |
| Main Entry: | reciprocal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exchanged, alternate |
| Synonyms: | changeable, companion, complementary, convertible, coordinate, correlative, corresponding, dependent, double, duplicate, equivalent, exchangeable, fellow, give-and-take, interchangeable, interdependent, matching, mutual, reciprocative, reciprocatory, twin |
| Antonyms: | independent, singular |
| Main Entry: | related |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | connected, accompanying |
| Synonyms: | affiliated, agnate, akin, alike, allied, analogous, associated, cognate, complementary, concomitant, connate, connatural, consanguine, convertible, correlated, correspondent, dependent, enmeshed, fraternal, germane, in the same category, in touch with, incident, interchangeable, interconnected, interdependent, interrelated, intertwined, interwoven, joint, knit together, like, linked, mutual, of that ilk, parallel, pertinent, reciprocal, relevant, similar, tied up |
| Antonyms: | alien, different, disassociated, disconnected, dissimilar, foreign, unrelated |