alterable

1. 1.

   capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic

   “alterable clothing”

   “alterable conditions of employment”

   Antonymsunalterable
2. 2.

   (of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being changed to one less severe

   Similarcommutable

   law

Questions about alterable

What does alterable mean?

alterable means "capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in alterable?

alterable has 4 syllables and divides as al-te-ra-ble under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.