What does protean mean?
Protean means Exceedingly variable; readily assuming different shapes or forms..
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/ˈpɹəʊ.tɪ.ən/ · adjective
Exceedingly variable; readily assuming different shapes or forms..
An amoeba is a protean animalcule.
Virus infection of the blood and bone marrow is probably responsible for all forms of the disease. The viral theory of origin accounts for the protean manifestations of the condition.
[…] the word's protean expressiveness has been observed in a xeroxlore item printed in Robert Anton Wilson's Playboy's Book of Forbidden Words […]
Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, that protean creative duo, have worn many faces and played many roles over the years.
He loved to show off his protean talent.
In the intervening decades she has become a protean figure, an emblem of different things to different people, depending upon their viewpoint — a visionary, a victim, a martyr, a feminist icon, a schizophrenic, a virago, a prisoner of gender — or, perhaps, a genius, as both Plath and Hughes maintained during her lifetime.
In recent years, Europe has struggled to find the right balance between freedom of expression and the protean security concerns it faces.
Use protean when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Protean means Exceedingly variable; readily assuming different shapes or forms..
Common synonyms include multiform, polymorphic, polymorphous, shapeshifting.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
An amoeba is a protean animalcule.
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