Standard Lemma guide

mobility

noun · 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /mə(ʊ)ˈbɪlɪti/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /moʊˈbɪlɪti/
  • Canada, General-American: [moʊˈbɪlɪɾi]
  • Canada, General-American: /moʊˈbɪləti/
  • Canada, General-American: [moʊˈbɪləɾi]
  • CMU ARPABET: M OW0 B IH1 L AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: M OW0 B IH1 L IH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The ability to move; capacity for movement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mobileness

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A tendency to sudden change; mutability, changeableness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, literary, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The ability of a military unit to move or be transported to a new position.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The degree to which particles of a liquid or gas are in movement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The ability of people to move between different social levels or professional occupations.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The mob; the common people or rabble.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, humorous, obsolete, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

the quality of moving freely

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: immobility

Broader terms: quality

Narrower terms: locomotion, motive power, motivity, motility, movability, movableness, maneuverability, manoeuvrability, manipulability, restlessness

History

Etymology

From Middle French mobilité, and its source, Latin mōbilitās (“mobility”).

Blend of mob + nobility

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: movilidá — ability to move
  • Bulgarian: подвижност (podvižnost) — ability to move
  • Catalan: mobilitat — ability to move
  • Chinese Mandarin: 流動性 /流动性 (liúdòngxìng) — ability to move
  • Czech: pohyblivost — ability to move
  • Czech: mobilita — ability to move
  • Finnish: liikkuvuus — ability to move
  • French: mobilité — ability to move
  • Galician: mobilidade — ability to move
  • Georgian: მოძრაობა (moʒraoba) — ability to move
  • Georgian: მობილობა (mobiloba) — ability to move
  • German: Mobilität — ability to move
  • Greek: κινητικότητα (kinitikótita) — ability to move
  • Indonesian: mobilitas — ability to move
  • Interlingua: mobilitate — ability to move
  • Irish: luaineacht — ability to move
  • Irish: lúth — ability to move
  • Italian: mobilità — ability to move
  • Japanese: 可動 (kadō) — ability to move
  • Japanese: 動きやすさ (ugokiyasusa) — ability to move
  • Latin: mōbilitās — ability to move
  • Latvian: mobilitāte — ability to move
  • Latvian: kustīgums — ability to move
  • Macedonian: подвижност (podvižnost) — ability to move
  • Polish: mobilność — ability to move
  • Polish: ruchomość — ability to move
  • Portuguese: mobilidade — ability to move
  • Russian: подви́жность (podvížnostʹ) — ability to move
  • Russian: моби́льность (mobílʹnostʹ) — ability to move
  • Slovak: mobilita — ability to move
  • Slovak: pohyblivosť — ability to move
  • Spanish: movilidad — ability to move
  • Swedish: rörlighet — ability to move
  • Tagalog: pagkakakilos — ability to move
  • Turkish: devingenlik — ability to move
  • Turkish: hareketlilik — ability to move
  • Bulgarian: мобилност (mobilnost) — ability of a military unit to move or be transported to a new position
  • Finnish: liikkuvuus — ability of a military unit to move or be transported to a new position
  • Indonesian: mobilitas — ability of a military unit to move or be transported to a new position
  • Japanese: 機動 (kidō) — ability of a military unit to move or be transported to a new position
  • Slovak: mobilita — ability of a military unit to move or be transported to a new position
  • Finnish: liikkuvuus — ease of movement between social levels
  • German: Mobilität — ease of movement between social levels
  • Indonesian: mobilitas — ease of movement between social levels
  • Japanese: 流動性 (ryūdōsei) — ease of movement between social levels
  • Slovak: mobilita — ease of movement between social levels
Real reading context

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