mobile

¹mo·bile

adj \ˈmō-bəl, -ˌbī-əl also -ˌbēl\

Definition of MOBILE

1

: capable of moving or being moved : movable <a mobile missile launcher>

2

a : changeable in appearance, mood, or purpose <mobile face> b : adaptable, versatile

3

: migratory

4

a : characterized by the mixing of social groups b : having the opportunity for or undergoing a shift in status within the levels of a society <socially mobile workers>

5

: marked by the use of vehicles for transportation <mobile warfare>

6

: of or relating to a mobile

7

: cellular 3 <a mobile phone>

— mo·bil·i·ty \mō-ˈbi-lə-tē\ noun

Examples of MOBILE

1. Their armies are now fully mobile.
2. a mobile kitchen that helps bring food to homeless people

Origin of MOBILE

Middle English mobyll, from Anglo-French moble, from Latin mobilis, from movēre to move

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to MOBILE

Synonyms: movable, portable

Antonyms: immobile, immovable, irremovable, nonmobile, unmovable

Related Words: adjustable, flexible, modular; removable (also removeable), transferable (also transferrable), transportable; motile, moving; unbalanced, unstable, unsteady; manageable

Near Antonyms: immotile, nonmotile, nonmoving; motionless, moveless, standing, static, stationary, still, stuck, wedged; fast, fixed, rooted, steadfast

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Rhymes with MOBILE

aiguille, all-wheel, anneal, appeal, big deal, big wheel, bilge keel, bonemeal, bonspiel, cam wheel, Castile, cartwheel, chainwheel, chenille, cogwheel, conceal, congeal, cornmeal, done deal, eared seal, enwheel, fifth wheel, fish meal, flywheel, forefeel, for real, four-wheel, freewheel, fur seal, genteel, get real, good deal, great seal, handwheel, harp seal, ideal, inchmeal, mild steel, mill wheel, misdeal, Mobile, monk seal, mouthfeel, New Deal, newsreel, nosewheel, oatmeal, O'Neal, pastille, piecemeal, pinwheel, prayer wheel, raw deal, repeal, reveal, schlemiel, self-heal, side-wheel, singspiel, somedeal, spike heel, stabile, tahsil, Tar Heel, thumbwheel, unreel, unseal, worm wheel