convertible stands for: (6 meanings in total)
  1. n. a car that has top that can be folded or removed (view details)
  2. n. a sofa that can be converted into a bed (view details)
  3. n. a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock) (view details)
  4. adj. capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy (view details)
  5. adj. capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value (view details)
  6. adj. designed to be changed from one use or form to another (view details)

Meaning 1: (noun) a car that has top that can be folded or removed
convertible is a kind of: auto ( what does auto stand for? ), automobile ( what does automobile stand for? ), car ( what does car stand for? ), machine ( what does machine stand for? ), motorcar ( what does motorcar stand for? )

Meaning 2: (noun) a sofa that can be converted into a bed
Synonym(s): sofa bed ( what does sofa bed stand for? )
convertible is a kind of: couch ( what does couch stand for? ), lounge ( what does lounge stand for? ), sofa ( what does sofa stand for? )

Meaning 3: (noun) a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock)
Synonym(s): convertible security ( what does convertible security stand for? )

Meaning 4: (adjective) capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy
Usage Example(s): ideas translatable into reality, is lead really transmutable into gold?
Synonym(s): transformable ( what does transformable stand for? ), translatable ( what does translatable stand for? ), transmutable ( what does transmutable stand for? )
Similar(s): commutable ( what does commutable stand for? )

Meaning 5: (adjective) capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value
Usage Example(s): convertible securities
Synonym(s): exchangeable ( what does exchangeable stand for? )
Opposite(s): inconvertible ( what does inconvertible stand for? ), unconvertible ( what does unconvertible stand for? ), unexchangeable ( what does unexchangeable stand for? )
Similar(s): cashable ( what does cashable stand for? ), redeemable ( what does redeemable stand for? )
Attribute(s): convertibility

Meaning 6: (adjective) designed to be changed from one use or form to another
Usage Example(s): a convertible coupe, a convertible sofa
Similar(s): adaptable ( what does adaptable stand for? )



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