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| 1. | [ adjective ] (of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently | |
| Synonyms: | wandering peregrine roving nomadic | |
| Examples: | "a restless mobile society" "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins" "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future" "wandering tribes" |
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| Related terms: | unsettled | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (government,geography) a port in southwestern Alabama on Mobile Bay | |
| Related terms: | city port Alabama | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] affording change (especially in social status) | |
| Synonyms: | fluid | |
| Examples: | "Britain is not a truly fluid society" "upwardly mobile" |
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| Related terms: | changeable | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to another | |
| Examples: | "a highly mobile face" |
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| Related terms: | changeable | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place) | |
| Examples: | "a mobile missile system" "the tongue is...the most mobile articulator" |
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| Related terms: | immobile airborne transplantable perambulating flying raisable waterborne movable rangy maneuverable ambulant rotatable seaborne mechanized versatile mechanised motile floating moving | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] having transportation available | |
| Related terms: | moving | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (geography) a river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay | |
| Synonyms: | Mobile_River | |
| Related terms: | river Alabama | |
| 8. | [ noun ] (fine art) sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents | |
| Related terms: | stabile sculpture | |
| Similar spelling: |
Mobley |
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