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fungible

/ˈfʌndʒɪbəl/

fungible adjective: able to be substituted for something of equal value or utility.

Adjective

fungible (comparative more fungible, superlative most fungible)

  1. Able to be substituted for something of equal value or utility.
    • .
    • Take away this fungible instrument from the service of our necessities and how shall we exercise our Charity, which is a branch of Religion and Justice, as well as of Humanity?1649, Antony Ascham, Of the confusions and revolutions of governments, page 30
    Antonyms:
    nonfungible

Noun

fungible (plural fungibles)

  1. (in plural) Any fungible item.
    • The archetypical fungible is money: if I drop a £1 coin in the street it is a matter of indifference to me whether I pick up that coin or another £1 coin lying next to it.2005, Alison Clarke, Paul Kohler, Property Law, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 52
    Antonyms:
    nonfungible

fungible meaning in Bengali and Thai

fungible in Bengali

বিনিময়যোগ্য, প্রতিস্থাপনযোগ্য

fungible in Thai

any fungible item
สังกมทรัพย์

Synonyms of fungible

Antonyms

Forms of fungible

Adjective
comparativemore fungible
superlativemost fungible
Noun
pluralfungibles

Origin of fungible

1765 as noun, 1818 as adjective, from Medieval Latin fungibilis, from Latin fungor (“to perform, discharge a duty”) + -ible (“able to”). Originally a legal term, going back to Roman law: res fungibiles (“replaceable things”).

Words formed from fungible

Phrases with fungible

Words that rhyme with fungible

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Questions about fungible

What does fungible mean?
Fungible means able to be substituted for something of equal value or utility.
What is fungible in Bengali?
Fungible in Bengali is বিনিময়যোগ্য, প্রতিস্থাপনযোগ্য. See Fungible meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is fungible?
Fungible can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce fungible?
Fungible is pronounced /ˈfʌndʒɪbəl/ (UK).

Words near fungible in the dictionary

  1. fungian
  2. fungians
  3. fungias
  4. fungibilities
  5. fungibility
  6. fungible
  7. fungible token
  8. fungible tokens
  9. fungibles
  10. fungibly
  11. fungic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fungible (page history and authors); fungible (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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