|
|
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, noun), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| pronunciation: |
mo
b l
[or]
mo
baIl
|
| definition 1: |
able to move or be moved from one place or position to another.
Her leg is healing well, and she is much more mobile now.They relocated their mobile home to a bigger lot.- synonyms:
- motile, movable
- antonyms:
- immobile, immovable, stabile, stationary
- similar words:
- ambulatory, animate, locomotive, moving, portable, traveling
|
| definition 2: |
in motion; moving.
Objects appear different when they are mobile.- antonyms:
- immobile, motionless
|
| definition 3: |
changing rapidly or readily from one state, mood, expression, or the like, to another.
Her face, with its mobile expressions, showed her every emotion.- synonyms:
- changeable, fluid, mutable
- antonyms:
- immobile, motionless, stable
- similar words:
- expressive, protean, reactive, responsive, restless, volatile
|
| definition 4: |
characterized by relatively easy or common movement from one social class or level to another or by an easy intermixture of different social groups.
The younger generation was becoming increasingly mobile, whereas members of the older generation remained at the social level to which they were born.- similar words:
- progressive
|
| related words: |
mercurial, motive |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| part of speech: |
noun |
| pronunciation: |
mo
bil
for 1
[or]
mo
baIl
for 2
|
| definition 1: |
a decorative object or work of art, usu. suspended, made of pieces that are connected by wire or string and that move when touched by a breeze. (Cf. stabile.)
|
| definition 2: |
(chiefly British) a mobile telephone that operates using radio signals and therefore requires no wires. A mobile is part of a system composed of many low-power radio transmitters located in "cells" across a region and will receive a radio signal from whichever transmitter in the system is closest; cell phone.
My friend from England said she'd call me on her mobile as soon as she arrives in New York. |
|
|
|
|