MOBILITY Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

mobility

noun

Definition of mobility

as in locomotion

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Recent Examples of mobility The robot’s withdrawal also prompted discussion about the distinction between demonstrating mobility and sustaining it under demanding conditions. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026 Accessibility The hotel offers two guest rooms that accommodate guests with limited mobility. — Kasia Dietz, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2026 Fifita has also added three rushing touchdowns and has good mobility, but his true superpower in his accuracy in and outside the pocket. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Nov. 2026 Butts said the apparent defeat of BB preserves billboard revenue that funds free kindergarten classes for low-income families, a mobility and diagnostic center for seniors, and a one-time $500 property-tax rebate for every homeowner in the city. — Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mobility

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Noun

On November 2, robot dogs – and other kinds of machines built for locomotion of some kind – took part in the very first World Robot Mount Taishan Climbing Competition in Tai'an, in China's Shandong province.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2026
The manipulation challenge Humanoid robotics has made substantial progress in locomotion.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of locomotion

Noun

At the same time, the shifting of the national political winds often has an impact in Connecticut.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 29 Oct. 2026
Heated grips come as standard, while a reversible gearshift mechanism allows riders to switch to a race-style reverse shifting pattern for circuit use.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of shifting

Noun

These help the flight controller determine the aircraft’s position, orientation and movement.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026
Residents are struggling to secure drinking water and food supplies as the Houthis restrict movement into the city.

— AHMED HATEM, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of movement

Noun

Prikryl’s early dislocations made language feel as fungible to her as national identity.

— Langdon Hammer, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
Only because the profound dislocations of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries had obscured millennia of ordinary building practice.

— Julian Rose, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of dislocation

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