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
- (programming, of a variable) Not able to be altered in the memory after its value is set initially.
- 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
- immutables
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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