mobile (adj.)

  1. moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place); a mobile missile system; the tongue is...the most mobile articulator'

    Mobile (n.)

  1. a river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay

    [ Syn: mobile , mobile river ]

  2. a port in southwestern Alabama on Mobile Bay

    [ Syn: mobile ]

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

    mobile (adj.)

  1. migratory; a restless mobile society; the nomadic habits of the Bedouins; believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future; wandering tribes

    [ Syn: nomadic , peregrine , roving , wandering ]

  2. having transportation available

  3. capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to another; a highly mobile face'

  4. affording change (especially in social status); Britain is not a truly fluid society; upwardly mobile

    [ Syn: fluid ]

The dictionary is based on the WordNet Electronic Lexical Database.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2011 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.