mobile

Less common meanings

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   USMOH-beel/ˈmoʊbil/UKUKMOH-byl/ˈməʊbaɪl/US

   hanging sculpturenouncountable

   A hanging decoration with parts that swing and turn freely in the air.

   Like a set of shapes hanging from strings that spin when air moves.

   A colorful mobile hung above the baby's crib.

   She made a mobile out of paper birds and string.

   Oppositestabile

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   adjective

   Able or happy to move to a new job, a new home, or a different place in society.

   I am young and mobile, so I can take a job in any city.

   Workers without children are often more mobile.

   UsageOften in upwardly mobile: moving up to a better job or a richer life.

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   changing moodsadjective

   Quick to change in mood, plans, or feelings.

   Like a flag that turns whichever way the wind blows.

   His mood is so mobile that he laughs one minute and sulks the next.

   Her mobile moods made her very hard to predict.

   UsageUsed about moods and minds: a mobile mind.

   Similarchangeable, fickle, unstable, excitable, variable

   Oppositestable, steady, constant, steadfast

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   free-flowingadjective

   Flowing very freely and easily, like a thin liquid.

   Like water that runs off your hand much faster than thick syrup.

   Heating the thick oil makes it more mobile, so it flows faster.

   Very hot lava is mobile and can flow a long way.

   Similarfluid, runny, liquid, thin

   Oppositeviscous, thick

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   expressiveadjective

   Changing look and expression easily as feelings change.

   Like a face that changes as quickly as the weather.

   Her mobile face showed every feeling she had.

   The actor's mobile features made the silent scene easy to follow.

   Similarexpressive, animated

   Oppositeimpassive, expressionless, deadpan, wooden

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    noun

    A person who moves around or is able to travel.
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    noundated

    A computer-controlled character or creature in a video game.