mobile meaning and definition

MOBILE noun

Definition of Mobile (noun)

1. a river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay
   • synonyms: Mobile River
2. a port in southwestern Alabama on Mobile Bay
3. sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents
   • antonym: stabile

MOBILE adjective

Definition of mobile (adjective)

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"
   • synonyms: nomadic, peregrine, roving, wandering
2. moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place)
   • "a mobile missile system"; "the tongue is...the most mobile articulator"
   • antonym: immobile
3. having transportation available
4. capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to another
   • "a highly mobile face"
5. affording change (especially in social status)
   • "Britain is not a truly fluid society"; "upwardly mobile"
   • synonyms: fluid