mobile — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Capable of being moved, especially on wheels.

   Synonyms

   movable

   Antonyms

   fixedimmobileimmovablesessilestationary

   Examples

   mobile home; mobile library

2. Able to move freely or easily.

   Examples

   She's mobile again after her skiing accident.

3. Pertaining to or by agency of mobile phones.

   Examples

   mobile number

   mobile internet

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   A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.

4. Characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity; moving or flowing with great freedom.

   Synonyms

   fluxive

   Examples

   Mercury is a mobile liquid.

5. Easily moved in feeling, purpose, or direction; excitable; changeable; fickle.

   Synonyms

   excitablefickle

   Examples

   the quick and mobile curiosity of her disposition

6. Changing in appearance and expression under the influence of the mind.

   Examples

   mobile features

   a mobile face

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   His finely cut features were capable of every variety of expression; they were, to use a French epithet, expressive as their epithets for all social qualities usually are, mobile in the extreme.

7. Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement.

   Synonyms

   motile

   Antonyms

   sessile

Noun

1. A kinetic sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other.

   Antonyms

   stabile

2. The internet accessed via mobile devices; the version of a product seen on mobile devices.

   Usage

   • Internet
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   There are many business opportunities in mobile.

   The bug affects mobile, but not desktop.

3. One who moves or can move (e.g. to travel).

   Antonyms

   immobile

   Examples

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   […] if the constrained "immobiles" are given the same transportation access as the unconstrained "mobiles". […] We concentrated on a mobile teenager population that had good public transportation or automobile access and a[…]

   Table 6.5 does indeed show that non-changers were more contented […] For Table 6.7 shows that even when we take account of the initial differences between the mobiles and immobiles, the mobiles' ratings of job characteristics move strongly in a positive direction while all the immobiles' record negative shifts. So the pattern is clear and consistent: jobs get better for movers and worse for non-movers.

   One ex-airwoman recalls meal times for both 'mobiles' and 'immobiles', when they sat on backless benches at long bare tables. The 'immobiles' brought in their own food, crockery and cutlery. A free-standing iron range was used[…]

4. An object capable of moving under its own power.

   Antonyms

   inanimate

5. A creature or NPC that can navigate and interact with the game world (now often shortened to mob).

   Usage

   • broadly
   • Dated

   Synonyms

   mobmobile objectagentnon-player character

   Examples

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   MUD has a type of character called a mobile. These are monsters controlled by the program such as the Dragon and the Vampire. To kill these a band of adventurers need to hunt down the creature hurling a combined strength to vanquish it.

   Even mundane mobiles are very advanced. They incorporate other expert systems that enable them to fight (often better than the players); […]

Adjective

1. migratory

   Synonyms

   nomadicperegrinerovingwandering

   Examples

   a restless mobile society

   the nomadic habits of the Bedouins

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   believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future

   wandering tribes

2. moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place)

   Antonyms

   immobile

   Examples

   a mobile missile system

   the tongue is … the most mobile articulator

3. having transportation available

4. capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to another

   Examples

   a highly mobile face

5. affording change (especially in social status)

   Synonyms

   fluid

   Examples

   Britain is not a truly fluid society

   upwardly mobile

Noun

1. sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents

   Antonyms

   stabile

   Broader terms

   sculpture