Convertible
[kən'vɜːtɪb(ə)l] or [kən'vɝtəbl]
Definition
(noun.) a car that has top that can be folded or removed.
(noun.) a sofa that can be converted into a bed.
(noun.) a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock).
(adj.) capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy; 'is lead really transmutable into gold?'; 'ideas translatable into reality' .
(adj.) capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value; 'convertible securities' .
(adj.) designed to be changed from one use or form to another; 'a convertible sofa'; 'a convertible coupe' .
Typed by Ewing--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable.
(a.) Capable of being exchanged or interchanged; reciprocal; interchangeable.
Inputed by Cleo
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Interchangeable.
Edited by Lancelot
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Identical, commensurate, conterminous, equivalent, equipollent
ANT:Variant, incommensurate, unequivalent, contrary, contradictory, contrariant
Typed by Humphrey
Examples
- The convertible rails, however, because of their rigidity, are more desirable than the convertible cushions. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There are ingenious devices, termed the return gutters and convertible rails, which are worthy of description. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Mind, individual method, originality (these are convertible terms) signify the quality of purposive or directed action. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Typed by Elbert