mobile

¹mo·bile

adjective \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

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

²mo·bile

noun \ˈmō-ˌbēl\

Definition of MOBILE

: a construction or sculpture frequently of wire and sheet metal shapes with parts that can be set in motion by air currents; also : a similar structure (as of paper or plastic) suspended so that it moves in a current of air

Examples of MOBILE

1. They hung a mobile over the baby's bed.
2. Even if I'm out of the office you can reach me on my mobile.

First Known Use of MOBILE

1937

Mo·bile

geographical name \mō-ˈbēl, ˈmō-ˌbēl\

Definition of MOBILE

1

river 38 miles (61 kilometers) long SW Alabama formed by Alabama & Tombigbee rivers & flowing S into Mobile Bay (inlet of Gulf of Mexico)

2

city & port SW Alabama pop 198,915

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

mo·bile

adjective \ˈmō-bəl, -ˌbīl\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of MOBILE

1

: capable of moving or being moved about readily <globular proteins that are mobile and rod-shaped proteins that form solid structures> <the tongue…is clearly the most mobile articulator—G. A. Miller>

2

: characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity <ether and mercury are mobile liquids>

—mo·bil·i·ty \mō-ˈbil-ət-ē\ noun, plural mo·bil·i·ties

mobile

noun    (Concise Encyclopedia)

Abstract sculpture that has moving parts, driven either by motors or by the natural force of air currents. Its revolving parts create a new visual experience of constantly changing volumes and forms. The term was initially suggested by Marcel Duchamp for a 1932 Paris exhibition of such works by Alexander Calder, who became the mobile's greatest exponent.