mobile
(Slang)
[adjective]
Synonyms: movable, itinerant, moving, peripatetic, portable, travelling, wandering

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Antonyms: immobile, stable
Contrasted words: immutable, invariable, unchangeable
Related Words: fluid, liquid, protean, capricious, fickle, inconstant, mercurial

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

Mobile
a city which is Alabama's only port and one of the busiest ports in the US

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

I. mo‧bile¹ /ˈməʊbaɪl $ ˈmoʊbəl, -biːl/ adjective
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French; Origin: Latin mobilis, from movere 'to move']

1. not fixed in one position, and easy to move and use in different places:
mobile air-conditioners

2. moving or able to move from one job, area, or social class to another:
a more mobile workforce
People these days are much more socially mobile.
an upwardly mobile (=moving to a higher social scale) professional

3. able to move or travel easily Antonym : immobile:
She’s more mobile now that she has her own car.

4. mobile library/shop/clinic etc British English a shop etc that is kept in a vehicle and driven from place to place:
Two mobile units provide health care in rural villages.

5. mobile mouth/face/features written features that can change their expression quickly:
His mobile features registered amusement.

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II. mo‧bile² S2 /ˈməʊbaɪl $ ˈmoʊbiːl/ noun [countable]

1. British English a mobile phone Synonym : cellphone American English:
Give me a call on my mobile.
Have you got my mobile number?

2. a decoration made of small objects tied to wires or string which is hung up so that the objects move when air blows around them

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

mobile
adj.
VERBS be | become, get Babies start to get mobile around the age of eight months.
remain
ADV. exceptionally, extraordinarily, freely, highly, very | fully The barbecue is fully mobile.
increasingly | fairly, quite, relatively She remained fairly mobile despite her disabilities.
geographically, socially a geographically mobile population
downwardly, upwardly downwardly mobile members of society
internationally internationally mobile investment

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

mobile

highly mobile (=very mobile)
We now live in a highly mobile society.
upwardly mobile (=moving up to a higher social class)
The restaurant's customers are mainly upwardly mobile young professionals.
socially mobile (=moving from one social class to another, especially to a higher social class)
Children today are even less likely to be socially mobile.

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