Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Freely substitutable; that may be swapped at will.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Synonyms: equivalent
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Following each other in alternate succession; alternating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Anything that can be interchanged; a substitute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: exchangeable, similar, standardized, standardised
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
(mathematics, logic) such that the arguments or roles can be interchanged
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree English interchange Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English interchangeable From interchange + -able.
Across languages
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
