mobile

adjective

ˈmō-bəl How to pronounce mobile (audio)
Definition of mobilenext
1
as in portable
capable of being moved especially with ease a mobile electric generator

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2
as in migratory
having a way of life that involves moving from one region to another typically on a seasonal basis mobile workers who work the New England resorts in the summer and the ones in Florida during the winter

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Recent Examples of mobile Sub-Saharan Africa now accounts for more than half of global mobile money accounts and processes around $800 billion in mobile money transactions annually. — Alex Daruty, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 Other cooperative strategies include herding mobile rays, blocking an escape path while hunting white sharks, and deliberately producing waves to bump penguins off ice floes. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026 The Army is also working on mobile missile launchers that can target ships up to 621 miles (1,000 kilometers) away. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 July 2026 What’s changed after seven years of tinkering besides the usual mobile upgrades? — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 23 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for mobile
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mobile
  1. portable
  2. migratory
  3. migrant
  4. nomadic
Adjective
  • The portable, candle-like table lamp was first launched in 2005 and is fashioned as a rechargeable glass sphere, formed from two imperfect hemispheres.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 23 July 2026
  • Teach people young that their identity is theirs, their record should be portable, and proof should not require surrender.
    — Raj Ananthanpillai, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of portable
Adjective
  • Ramsar Convention, agreement adopted in the eponymous city of Ramsar, Iran, on February 2, 1971, with the goal of protecting wetlands as both complex ecosystems and habitats for migratory birds.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026
  • Losing even a handful of these staging areas can jeopardize one of the world’s rarest migratory birds.
    — Nathan W. Cooper, The Conversation, 23 July 2026
Definition of migratory
Adjective
  • In the past, when FIFA’s circus leaves town, most people seem to forget what all the fuss was about; after all, how many people spent this summer discussing migrant worker rights in Qatar (as many had done in 2022)?
    — Simon Chadwick, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • This became an all out crisis when almost 50,000 migrant children unexpectedly arrived in our public schools in 2023 and 2024, and many schools lacked staff who could communicate with these children.
    — Lincoln Restler, New York Daily News, 18 July 2026
Definition of migrant
Adjective
  • Explore the dunes on a Bactrian camel and visit a local nomadic family to learn more about life in the Gobi and the traditions that continue to shape the region.
    — Undraa Buyannemekh, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2026
  • The off-grid lodge was founded by Angela Lankford and her Tibetan husband, Djarga, a local expert on nomadic heritage.
    — Emese Maczko, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of nomadic

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“Mobile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mobile. Accessed 26 Jul. 2026.

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