Convertible

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: con=vert=i=ble

CIDE DICTIONARY

Convertible, a. [L. convertibilis: cf. F. convertible.].

•  Capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable.  [1913 Webster]

  "Minerals are not convertible into another species, though of the same genus."  [1913 Webster]
•  Capable of being exchanged or interchanged; reciprocal; interchangeable.  [1913 Webster]

  "So long as we are in the regions of nature, miraculous and improbable, miraculous and incredible, may be allowed to remain convertible terms."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Convertible, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 that may be converted.
2 (of currency etc.) that may be converted into other forms, esp. into gold or US dollars.
3 (of a car) having a folding or detachable roof.
4 (of terms) synonymous.
--n. a car with a folding or detachable roof.

Derivative

convertibility n. convertibly adv.

Etymology

OF f. L convertibilis (as CONVERT)

THESAURUS

Convertible

all one, all the same, changeable, coequal, commutable, commutative, coordinate, correspondent, corresponding, equal, equalizing, equiparant, equipollent, equivalent, even, exchanged, give-and-take, identical, interchangeable, interchanged, liquid, modifiable, much the same, mutual, negotiable, permutable, reciprocal, reciprocating, reciprocative, resolvable, retaliatory, returnable, standard, swapped, switched, tantamount, traded, transformable, transitional, transmutable, transposed

ROGET THESAURUS

Convertible

Equality

N equality, parity, coextension, symmetry, balance, poise, evenness, monotony, level, equivalence, equipollence, equipoise, equilibrium, equiponderance, par, quits, a wash, not a pin to choose, distinction without a difference, six of one and half a dozen of the other, tweedle dee and tweedle dum, identity, similarity, equalization, equation, equilibration, co-ordination, adjustment, readjustment, drawn game, drawn battle, neck and neck race, tie, draw, standoff, dead heat, match, peer, compeer, equal, mate, fellow, brother, equivalent, equal, even, level, monotonous, coequal, symmetrical, coordinate, on a par with, on a level with, on a footing with, up to the mark, equiparant, equivalent, tantamount, indistinguishable, quits, homologous, synonymous, resolvable into, convertible, much at one, as broad as long, neither more nor less, much the same as, the same thing as, as good as, all one, all the same, equipollent, equiponderant, equiponderous, equibalanced, equalized, drawn, half and half, isochronal, isochronous isoperimetric, isoperimetrical, isobath, isobathic, equally, pari passu, ad eundum, caeteris paribus, in equilibrio, to all intents and purposes, it comes to the same thing, it amounts to the same thing, what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gande.

Conversion

N conversion, reduction, transmutation, resolution, assimilation, evolution, sea change, change of state, assumption, naturalization, transportation, development, developing, conversion of currency, exchange of currency, exchange rate, bureau de change, chemistry, alchemy, progress, growth, lapse, flux, passage, transit, transition, transmigration, shifting, phase, conjugation, convertibility, crucible, alembic, caldron, retort, convert, pervert, renegade, apostate, converted into, convertible, resolvable into, transitional, naturalized, gradually, &c (slowly) 275 in transitu.