MOBILITY Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

mobility

noun

Definition of mobility

as in locomotion

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Recent Examples of mobility Simon said that she was diagnosed after her mobility continued to worsen following replacement surgeries on her knees and one hip. — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 27 July 2026 The victim, who reportedly had reduced mobility, was found dead in his car. — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 27 July 2026 Benefits of Explosive Power Training Strategic training can improve your explosive power and has carryover benefits to your mobility, balance, fall risk, and more. — Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 26 July 2026 When mobility or dexterity declines, people may need a spouse, family member or professional caregiver to help with a deeply personal routine. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for mobility

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Noun

Aside from locomotion, scientists can equip the cockroaches to attain various other functions such as detection, localization, tracking, visual mapping, and data collection.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 July 2026
The researchers say the framework enables faster, more adaptable locomotion across unpredictable environments and could support future search-and-rescue, exploration, and other autonomous robotic missions.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 July 2026

Definition of locomotion

Noun

These compounds have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects that help empty your stomach more quickly and maintain normal contractions that move food through the digestive tract (gastrointestinal motility).

— Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 15 July 2026
Their research concluded that virtual reality pornography can increase sperm motility by up to 50 percent.

— Thomas Patier, Artforum, 5 May 2026

Definition of motility

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Defense lawyers have since withdrawn their motion to dismiss the case after the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control in April began allowing Maduro and Flores to receive money from Venezuela to pay for their attorneys.

— Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 22 July 2026
Miami’s skyline is rapidly changing, with a downtown skyscraper boom that was set in motion a decade ago after the Federal Aviation Authority began approving projects set at a new maximum allowable height of 1,049 feet.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 21 July 2026

Definition of motion

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Recorded on a Tascam four-track in her Los Angeles living room, the demos capture Auf der Maur experimenting with acoustic guitar, bass, layered vocals and lo-fi tape manipulation, including reversing cassettes and pitch-shifting.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 20 July 2026
The authors urge regulators to implement true consolidated supervision, account for implicit liabilities, and close asymmetric loopholes to curb this internal risk-shifting.

— Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of shifting

Noun

Analyzing top player movement Changing schools is extremely common, with more than 17,000 athletes in Texas filling out a prior athletic participation form (PAPF) this past year, according to UIL executive director Jamie Harrison.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 July 2026
Social media became a running chronicle of the movement, helping transform an exam grievance into a national conversation.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 28 July 2026

Definition of movement

Noun

Falling supply alongside record volume is what that migration looks like from the outside.

— Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Extreme weather events triggered by a particularly powerful El Niño weather pattern could cost African economies $10 billion to $20 billion and spark mass migration, the African Development Bank’s top climate expert said.

— Jenny Vaughan, semafor.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of migration

Noun

My real worry is that a genuine dislocation could see everything move down together--equities, gold, even short/intermediate Treasuries--if the shock originates in the dollar, inflation, or fiscal credibility rather than growth.

— Carrie McCabe, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Advertisement These ideas directly confront the risks of labor market dislocation and rising inequality but leave unanswered questions about how to create meaningful work and purpose.

— Lynn Forester de Rothschild, Time, 15 July 2026

Definition of dislocation

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