variable
UK[ˈvɛə.ɹi.ə.bl̩][ˈvæɹ.i.ə.bl̩]
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variable adjective: able to vary or be varied.
Adjective
variable (comparative more variable, superlative most variable)
- Able to vary or be varied.
- variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity; a variable resistor
- Synonyms:
- alterable, flexible, changeable, mutable, abateable, dynamic, editable, inconstant, modifiable
- Antonyms:
- constant, invariable, immutable, unalterable, unchangeable, bateless, fixed, inalterable, permanent, perma-
- Likely to vary.
- Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- Synonyms:
- fickle, fluctuating, inconstant, shifting, unstable, unsteady, up-and-down, erratic, fluid, chaotic
- Antonyms:
- constant, invariable, immutable, unchangeable, consistent, equable, equal, even, even-keeled, monotonous
- Marked by diversity or difference.
- Synonyms:
- varying, catholic, dishomogeneous, diverse, diversified, eclectic, heterogeneous, liberal, manifold, miscellaneous
- Antonyms:
- unchanging, homogeneous, invariable, of a piece, onefold, samely, uniform, uniformal, unmixed, unvaried
- Having no fixed quantitative value.
- Antonyms:
- constant, invariable
- Tending to deviate from a normal or recognized type.
- Synonyms:
- aberrant
Noun
variable (plural variables)
- Something that is variable.
- Synonyms:
- changeable
- Antonyms:
- constant, invariable
- Something whose value may be dictated or discovered.
- There are several variables to consider here.
- Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir...2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193
- Synonyms:
- parameter
- A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.
- Synonyms:
- variable quantity
- A symbol representing a variable.
- A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.
- A variable star.
- A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
- Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.
variable meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
variable in Hindi
- mathematics: having no fixed quantitative value
- चर car
- mathematics: a quantity that may assume any one of a set of values
- चर car
- computing: a named mutable piece of storage
- चर car
variable in Tamil
- நிலையற்ற, மாறுகின்ற, மாறுபடு, மாறுமியல்புடைய, வேறுபடக்கூடிய, மாறுபடுகிற
variable in Marathi
- परिवर्तनीय, परिवर्तनशील
variable in Urdu
- متغیر, متلون, نت نیا, قابل تغیر
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- variable in Bengali
- পরিবর্তনশীল, পরিবর্তনীয়, চল, অসম
- variable in Telugu
- మారగల māragala, మారే mārē, అస్థిర asthira, చర cara
- variable in Malayalam
- ചരം caraṁ
- variable in Kannada
- ಮಾರ್ಪಡಬಲ್ಲ, ಮಾರ್ಪಡಬಲ್ಲ, ಮಾರ್ಪಡಿಸಬಹುದಾದ, ವ್ಯತ್ಯಾಸ ಮಾಡಬಹುದಾದ
- variable in Punjabi
- ਪਰਿਵਰਤਨਸ਼ੀਲ, ਵੇਰੀਏਬਲ
- variable in Gujarati
- ચલ cal
- variable in Odia
- ପରିବର୍ତ୍ତନଶୀଳ, ପରିବର୍ତନଶୀଳ
- variable in Nepali
- चर, परिवर्तनीय, परिवर्तनशील
- variable in Tagalog
- aligan, aligin
- variable in Arabic
- مُتَغَيِّر mutaḡayyir
- variable in Malay
- boleh ubah
- variable in Indonesian
- variabel, peubah
- variable in Persian
- متغیر moteġayyer
- variable in Thai
- ตัวแปร dtuua-bprɛɛ
- variable in Vietnamese
- biên sô
- variable in Myanmar
- ကိန်းရှင် kin:hrang
Examples of variable in a sentence
- You can make this program code more legible by using meaningful variable names.
- A 4-variable Karnaugh map can be thought of, topologically, as being a torus.
- When the condition expression is false, the thread blocks on the condition variable.
Synonyms of variable
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Antonyms
10 more antonymsFewer antonyms
- perpetual
- unabateable
- undeviating
- consistent
- equable
- even
- even-keeled
- monotonous
- regular
- samely
Forms of variable
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more variable |
| superlative | most variable |
| Noun | |
| plural | variables |
Origin of variable
Borrowed into Middle English in the 14th century from Old French variable, from Latin variare (“to change”), from varius (“different, various”). Equates to English vary + -able.
Words formed from variable
- bivariable
- covariable
- continuous variable valve timing
- controlled variable time
- hypervariable
- intervariable
- multivariable
- nonvariable
- semivariable
- univariable
- unvariable
- varactor
- variability
- variabilize
- variable antshrike
- variable binding
- variable cam timing
- variable cost
- variable font
- variable geometry
- variable-length array
- variable neon slug
- variableness
- variable squirrel
- variable sweep
- variable tandem repeat locus
- variable valve timing
- variadic
- varicap
- varistor
- varray
- avar
- cryptovariable
- eigenvariable
- Hubble-Sandage variable
- macrovariable
- metavariable
- microvariable
- pseudovariable
- subvariable
- supervariable
- variably
Phrases with variable
- flow variable
- free variable
- Mira variable
- Algol variable
- bound variable
- class variable
- dummy variable
- motor variable
- ratio variable
- slack variable
- state variable
- stock variable
59 more phrasesFewer phrases
- variable costs
- variable fonts
- variable stars
- across variable
- helium variable
- hidden variable
- latent variable
- member variable
- random variable
- variable sweeps
- Boolean variable
- Cepheid variable
- cluster variable
- control variable
- nominal variable
- ordinal variable
- outcome variable
- pattern variable
- through variable
- cardinal variable
- discrete variable
- Hubble's Variable
- instance variable
- interval variable
- register variable
- variable bindings
- Bernoulli variable
- dependent variable
- indicator variable
- predictor variable
- reference variable
- schematic variable
- variable squirrels
- continuous variable
- extraneous variable
- responding variable
- variable antshrikes
- variable neon slugs
- categorical variable
- confounding variable
- environment variable
- independent variable
- manipulated variable
- variable cam timings
- standardized variable
- metasyntactic variable
- normal random variable
- propositional variable
- variable valve timings
- binomial random variable
- discrete random variable
- sociolinguistic variable
- controlled variable times
- continuous random variable
- hypergeometric random variable
- standard normal random variable
- continuous variable valve timings
- continuously variable transmission
- continuously variable transmissions
Questions about variable
- What does variable mean?
- Variable means able to vary or be varied.
- What is variable in Hindi?
- Variable in Hindi is चर (car). See Variable meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is variable?
- Variable can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce variable?
- Variable is pronounced [ˈvɛə.ɹi.ə.bl̩] (UK).
Words near variable in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: variable (page history and authors); variable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); variable (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); variable (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); variable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ചരം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); variable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); variable (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ચલ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); variable (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); variable (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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