ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Immutable

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Immutable is an adjective meaning Unable to be changed without exception.

Meaning

Unable to be changed without exception.

More Meanings

  1. (programming, of a variable) Not able to be altered in the memory after its value is set initially.
  2. Something that cannot be changed.

Example Sentences

Constants are immutable.
The government has enacted an immutable law.
Mutable as is our nature, it delights in the immutable: and we expect as much constancy as if all time, to say nothing of our own changeableness, had not shewn that ever "the fashion of this world passeth away."
In the trustless cryptocurrency world, you can still trust the cryptocurrency community and its mechanisms to ensure that the blockchain contains an accurate and immutable—unchangeable—record of cryptocurrency transactions.

Word Forms

Synonyms for immutable

Depending on context, synonyms include bateless, fixed, inalterable, invariable, permanent, perpetual.

Antonyms for immutable

Common opposites include mutable, nonimmutable, changeable.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unchangeable, static, irremovable, unshakeable, unswerving, immovable.

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