mobile
adjective
, -ˌbī-əl
also -ˌbēl
\
Definition of mobile
(Entry 1 of 4)
mobile
noun
\
Definition of mobile (Entry 2 of 4)
-mobile
noun combining formDefinition of -mobile (Entry 3 of 4)
Mobile
geographical name
, ˈmō-ˌbēl\
Definition of Mobile (Entry 4 of 4)
Keep scrolling for more
Other Words from mobile
Adjective
\
noun
Synonyms & Antonyms for mobile
Synonyms: Adjective
movable (or moveable), portable
Antonyms: Adjective
immobile, immovable, irremovable, nonmobile, unmovable
Visit the Thesaurus for More
Examples of mobile in a Sentence
Adjective
Their armies are now fully mobile. a mobile kitchen that helps bring food to homeless peopleNoun
They hung a mobile over the baby's bed. Even if I'm out of the office you can reach me on my mobile.
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
The 1 billion viewers expected this year is a big increase on 2015 when 750 million watched the action on TV and 86 million tuned in online or their mobile devices. — NBC News, "Women's soccer enters new era with huge World Cup audiences," 2 July 2019 But a wave of robots is lining up to take the place of defunct robots, including BUDDY (Blue Frog Robotics), a big-eyed mobile device that plays games in addition to acting as a personal assistant and providing home automation and security. — Scientific American, "Social Robots Play Nicely with Others," 1 July 2019 Tickets will be delivered to the buyer’s mobile device on the day of the game. — Laura Daily And Bryan K. Chavez, The Know, "16 free and cheap things to do around Denver in July," 1 July 2019 Insurance provider Assurant covers customers in the housing and lifestyle markets, offering services ranging from mobile device and debt protection to homeowner, rental, vehicle and travel insurance. — Fortune, "Assurant," 1 July 2019 Both chambers have passed legislation this year banning the use of mobile devices while driving. — Victoria Mcgrane, BostonGlobe.com, "Once again, Mass. is one of the last states not to have a budget," 1 July 2019 All subscriptions include all smartphone and tablet apps and access to freep.com on your desktop, tablet, and mobile devices. — Detroit Free Press, "There's so much to explore as a subscriber of the Detroit Free Press family!," 26 June 2019 For Jennifer Waisath Harris, a political strategist in Austin, Texas, there was no hesitation this May when a call from nearby Ascension Seton Medical Center came across her mobile device. — Tony Romm, The Denver Post, "Robocalls are overwhelming hospitals and patients, threatening a new kind of health crisis," 23 June 2019 Throughout the day and through the celebration, this person said, Guard officials nervously checked their mobile devices for news from Washington and signs that a military attack might be coming. — Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, "Iranian Force Exults in Downing of U.S. Drone With a Feast and a Prayer," 22 June 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
To ditch the personalized ads, which tend to follow you around the Web and on mobile, Amazon offers that feature here by going to the ad prefs section of Amazon's Help pages. — Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, "Amazon is watching, listening and tracking you. Here's how to stop it," 26 June 2019 In 2018, 28% of all the time Americans spent watching footage daily was on mobile, according to Meeker’s report. — Hanna Kozlowska, Quartz, "Nearly every American is on their phone or tablet while watching TV," 12 June 2019 PornHub, a large website, says 90% of its traffic from India is on mobile, compared with 75% from America. — The Economist, "How the world’s poor are discovering leisure online," 8 June 2019 In the middle, Frank Meyer, trying, like the spars of a Calder mobile, to hold the whole thing together. — Richard Brookhiser, National Review, "Moving Portrait," 4 June 2019 By 2023, India will have 1.3 billion (mobile + desktop) internet users out of which there will be 776 million shoppers. — Ankit Ruparel, Quartz India, "Are you cut out for an early-stage VC firm in India? Here’s a checklist," 19 June 2019 Hasbro, the toy company, is considering shifting production to the United States, but GoPro, the maker of mobile cameras, is looking at Mexico. — Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, "Globalization Is Moving Past the U.S. and Its Vision of World Order," 19 June 2019 When a mobile lab sponsored by the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies parked its 16-ton van of equipment at Lone Mountain for a week in 1966, Mother Mary Janet Kubitschek — who had a doctorate in chemistry — was elated, and perhaps tempted. — Bill Van Niekerken, SFChronicle.com, "Atop Lone Mountain, the history of SF’s first women’s college lives on," 19 June 2019 The central appeal of Facebook’s push is that mobile access to the Internet has in fact outstripped physical access to banks, which positions Facebook to offer financial services to unbanked people in the developing world. — Theodore Schleifer, Vox, "Facebook may have too many users for its cryptocurrency to fail — even if you don’t trust it," 18 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'mobile.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Keep scrolling for more
Keep scrolling for more
More Definitions for mobile
mobile
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of mobile
(Entry 1 of 2)
mobile
noun
English Language Learners Definition of mobile (Entry 2 of 2)
See the full definition for mobile in the English Language Learners Dictionary
mobile
adjective
, -ˌbēl, -ˌbīl\
Kids Definition of mobile
(Entry 1 of 2)
mobile
noun
\
Kids Definition of mobile (Entry 2 of 2)
mobile
adjective
, -ˌbīl
\
Medical Definition of mobile
Other Words from mobile
\
noun,
plural mobilities
Keep scrolling for more
Comments on mobile
What made you want to look up mobile? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Test Your Vocabulary
Farm Idioms Quiz
-
- What does 'poke' refer to in the expression 'pig in a poke'?
Test your vocabulary with our 10-question quiz!
TAKE THE QUIZ
Test Your Knowledge - and learn some interesting things along the way.
TAKE THE QUIZ
-
Farm Idioms Quiz
Not your children's farm quiz.
Take the quiz -
Up in the Sky: A Quiz
It's a bird? It's a plane? No, I'm really asking. What is it?
Take the quiz -
How Strong Is Your Vocabulary?
Test your vocabulary with our 10-question quiz!
Take the quiz -
Citation
Do you know the person or title these quotes describe?
Play the game
Share mobile
Resources for mobile