English adjective: mobile | |||
1. | mobile migratory | ||
Samples | A restless mobile society. The nomadic habits of the Bedouins. Believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future. Wandering tribes. | ||
Synonyms | nomadic, peregrine, roving, wandering | ||
Similar | unsettled | ||
Antonyms | settled | ||
2. | mobile moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place) | ||
Samples | A mobile missile system. The tongue is...the most mobile articulator. | ||
Similar | airborne, ambulant, ambulatory, floating, maneuverable, manoeuvrable, mechanised, mechanized, motile, motorized, movable, moveable, perambulating, racy, raisable, raiseable, rangy, rotatable, seaborne, transferable, transferrable, transplantable, transportable, versatile, waterborne | ||
See also | moving | ||
Antonyms | immobile | ||
3. | mobile having transportation available | ||
Similar | moving | ||
Antonyms | nonmoving, unmoving | ||
4. | mobile capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to another | ||
Samples | A highly mobile face. | ||
Similar | changeable, changeful | ||
Antonyms | unchangeable | ||
5. | mobile affording change (especially in social status) | ||
Samples | Britain is not a truly fluid society. Upwardly mobile. | ||
Synonyms | fluid | ||
Similar | changeable, changeful | ||
Antonyms | unchangeable | ||
English noun: Mobile | |||
1. | Mobile (object) a river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay | ||
Synonyms | Mobile River | ||
Instance hypernym | river | ||
Part meronym | AL, Alabama, Camellia State, Heart of Dixie | ||
2. | Mobile (location) a port in southwestern Alabama on Mobile Bay | ||
Instance hypernym | city, metropolis, port, urban center | ||
Part meronym | AL, Alabama, Camellia State, Heart of Dixie | ||
3. | mobile (artifact) sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents | ||
Broader (hypernym) | sculpture | ||
Antonyms | stabile | ||