Standard Lemma guide

mobilise

verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈməʊbɪlaɪz/
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1

verb

Meaning 1

To make something mobile.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To become made ready for war.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

cause to move around

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • circulate a rumor

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mobilize, circulate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: move, displace

5

verb

Meaning 5

make ready for action or use

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • marshal resources

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mobilize, marshal, summon

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gather, garner, collect, pull together

6

verb

Meaning 6

get ready for war

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mobilize

Antonyms: demobilise

Broader terms: militarize, militarise

7

verb

Meaning 7

call to arms; of military personnel

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: call up, mobilize, rally

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: call, send for

History

Etymology

From French mobiliser.

Across languages

Translations

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: mobilitzar — to make something mobile
  • Esperanto: mobilizi — to make something mobile
  • Finnish: mobilisoida — to make something mobile
  • Finnish: panna liikkeelle — to make something mobile
  • Galician: mobilizar — to make something mobile
  • German: mobilisieren — to make something mobile
  • Italian: mobilitare — to make something mobile
  • Norman: mobiliser — to make something mobile
  • Portuguese: mobilizar — to make something mobile
  • Romanian: mobiliza — to make something mobile
  • Russian: де́лать подви́жным (délatʹ podvížnym) — to make something mobile
  • Russian: сде́лать подви́жным (sdélatʹ podvížnym) — to make something mobile
  • Slovak: mobilizovať — to make something mobile
  • Slovak: zmobilizovať — to make something mobile
  • Spanish: movilizar — to make something mobile
  • Arabic: حَشَدَ (ḥašada) — to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
  • Arabic: اِسْتَجَاشَ (istajāša) — to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
  • Bulgarian: мобилизирам (mobiliziram) — to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
  • Catalan: mobilitzar — to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
  • Chinese Mandarin: 調動 /调动 (diàodòng) — to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
  • Danish: mobilisere — to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
  • Dutch: mobiliseren — to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
  • Finnish: mobilisoida — to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
  • Finnish: panna liikekannalle — to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
  • French: mobiliser — to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
  • Galician: mobilizar — to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
  • German: mobilmachen — to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
  • Hungarian: mozgósít — to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
  • Italian: mobilitare — to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
  • Japanese: 動員する (dōin suru) — to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
  • Norman: mobiliser — to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mobilisere — to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mobilisere — to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
  • Portuguese: mobilizar — to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
  • Russian: мобилизова́ть (mobilizovátʹ) — to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
  • Russian: мобилизо́вывать (mobilizóvyvatʹ) — to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
  • Slovak: mobilizovať — to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
  • Slovak: zmobilizovať — to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
  • Spanish: movilizar — to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
  • Swedish: mobilisera — to assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war
  • Catalan: mobilitzar-se — to become made ready for war
  • Galician: mobilizarse — to become made ready for war
  • German: mobilmachen — to become made ready for war
  • Portuguese: mobilizar-se — to become made ready for war
  • Russian: мобилизова́ться (mobilizovátʹsja) — to become made ready for war
  • Slovak: mobilizovať — to become made ready for war
  • Slovak: zmobilizovať sa — to become made ready for war
  • Spanish: movilizarse — to become made ready for war
  • Bulgarian: мобилизирам (mobiliziram) — to arrange or organise people or resources to achieve a particular purpose
  • Dutch: mobiliseren — to arrange or organise people or resources to achieve a particular purpose
  • Finnish: jalkautua — to arrange or organise people or resources to achieve a particular purpose
  • French: mobiliser — to arrange or organise people or resources to achieve a particular purpose
  • Māori: whakaoreore — to arrange or organise people or resources to achieve a particular purpose
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mobilisere — to arrange or organise people or resources to achieve a particular purpose
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mobilisere — to arrange or organise people or resources to achieve a particular purpose
  • Slovak: mobilizovať — to arrange or organise people or resources to achieve a particular purpose
  • Slovak: zmobilizovať — to arrange or organise people or resources to achieve a particular purpose