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interchangeable
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As an adjective, interchangeable means freely substitutable. As a noun, it means anything that can be interchanged.
Meanings of interchangeable
5 meaningsadjective
Freely substitutable; that may be swapped at will.
“Eli Whitney's development of interchangeable parts was a breakthrough for modern manufacturing. Prior to that, each part had to be made custom.”
Following each other in alternate succession; alternating.
(mathematics, logic) such that the arguments or roles can be interchanged
“the arguments of the symmetric relation, ‘is a sister of,’ are interchangeable”
Capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability
“interchangeable electric outlets”
“interchangeable parts”
Similar: exchangeable, similar, standardized, standardised
noun
Anything that can be interchanged; a substitute.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).