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mobile

/ˈmoʊ.bəl/noun, adjective2 syllables

Mobile means: moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place).

Synonyms for mobile49

noun, as in a river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay

Mobile River

adjective, as in moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place)

airborne, ambulant, ambulatory, floating, maneuverable, manoeuvrable, mechanized, mechanised, motorized, motile, movable, moveable, transferable, transferrable
and 10 more, transportable, perambulating, racy, raisable, raiseable, rangy, rotatable, seaborne, transplantable, versatile

adjective, as in migratory

nomadic, peregrine, roving, wandering, unsettled

adjective, as in affording change (especially in social status)

fluid, changeable, changeful

adjective, as in capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to another

changeable, changeful

adjective, as in having transportation available

also used for mobile

afoot, animate, astir, cursory, dynamic, in motion, on the move, fluxive, flowy, fluent, free-flowing, liquid, runny, thin, excitable

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Opposites of mobile

immobile, stabile

What does mobile mean?8

adjective

1

moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place)“a mobile missile system”

2

migratory“a restless mobile society”

3

affording change (especially in social status)“Britain is not a truly fluid society”

4

capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to another“a highly mobile face”

5

having transportation available

noun

1

a river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay

2

a port in southwestern Alabama on Mobile Bay

3

sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with mobile?2

two syllables

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Mobile in a sentence

  • To stand out among today's mobile devices, you can always add more cameras.Hybrid
  • If you need me, you can reach me on my mobile.sundown
  • Back then there were no mobile phones, only telephone boxes.sundown
  • There were no mobile phones back then, only payphones.sundown
  • Er, could we swap mobile numbers next time?sundown
  • Without fuel, mobile clinics can't reach remote areas for medical outreach.Amastan
  • The mobile guard serves in mobile gendarmerie squadrons, specializing in public order maintenance.Igider
  • Nobody is taking photos with a camera anymore, but rather with a mobile phone.Ioan_Cristian

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of mobile

as a noun

plural
mobiles