CONVERTIBLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does convertible mean? 

• CONVERTIBLE (noun)
  The noun CONVERTIBLE has 3 senses:

1. a car that has top that can be folded or removed

2. a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock)

3. a sofa that can be converted into a bed

  Familiarity information: CONVERTIBLE used as a noun is uncommon.

• CONVERTIBLE (adjective)
  The adjective CONVERTIBLE has 3 senses:

1. capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value

2. designed to be changed from one use or form to another

3. capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy

  Familiarity information: CONVERTIBLE used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONVERTIBLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A car that has top that can be folded or removed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("convertible" is a kind of...):

auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

convertible; convertible security

Hypernyms ("convertible" is a kind of...):

certificate; security (a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A sofa that can be converted into a bed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

convertible; sofa bed

Hypernyms ("convertible" is a kind of...):

couch; lounge; sofa (an upholstered seat for more than one person)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "convertible"):

davenport (a large sofa usually convertible into a bed)

day bed; studio couch (convertible consisting of an upholstered couch that can be converted into a double bed)

• CONVERTIBLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value

Synonyms:

convertible; exchangeable

Context example:

convertible securities

Similar:

cashable; redeemable (able to be converted into ready money or the equivalent)

Attribute:

convertibility (the quality of being exchangeable (especially the ability to convert a currency into gold or other currencies without restriction))

Antonym:

inconvertible (used especially of currencies; incapable of being exchanged for or replaced by another currency of equal value)

Derivation:

convert (exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category)

convertibility (the quality of being exchangeable (especially the ability to convert a currency into gold or other currencies without restriction))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Designed to be changed from one use or form to another

Context example:

a convertible coupe

Similar:

adaptable (capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use)

Derivation:

convert (change the nature, purpose, or function of something)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy

Synonyms:

convertible; transformable; translatable; transmutable

Context example:

ideas translatable into reality

Similar:

commutable (subject to alteration or change)

Derivation:

convert (change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change)