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Synonyms for mobile

Noun

1. Mobile, Mobile River, river
usage: a river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay
2. Mobile, city, metropolis, urban center, port
usage: a port in southwestern Alabama on Mobile Bay
3. mobile, sculpture
usage: sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents

Adjective

1. mobile (vs. immobile), airborne, ambulant, ambulatory, floating, flying, maneuverable, manoeuvrable, mechanized, mechanised, motorized, motile, movable, moveable, transferable, transferrable, transportable, rangy, rotatable, transplantable, waterborne, perambulating, raisable, raiseable, seaborne, versatile, moving
usage: moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place); "a mobile missile system"; "the tongue is...the most mobile articulator"
2. mobile, nomadic, peregrine, roving, wandering, unsettled (vs. settled)
usage: (of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering tribes"
3. mobile, moving (vs. nonmoving)
usage: having transportation available
4. mobile, changeable (vs. unchangeable), changeful
usage: capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to another; "a highly mobile face"
5. fluid, mobile, changeable (vs. unchangeable), changeful
usage: affording change (especially in social status); "Britain is not a truly fluid society"; "upwardly mobile"
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