noun
Meaning 1
The quality of being nimble.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
nimbleness
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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US: /ˈnɪm.bəl.nɪs/
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noun
Meaning 2
the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: agility, legerity, lightness, lightsomeness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gracefulness
noun
Meaning 3
intelligence as revealed by quickness and alertness of mind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- nimbleness of wit and imagination
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mental dexterity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: intelligence
History
Etymology
From Middle English nymmylnes; equivalent to nimble + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Old Armenian: արագութիւն (aragutʻiwn) — the quality of being nimble
- Bulgarian: лекота́ (lekotá) — the quality of being nimble
- Bulgarian: пъргавина́ (pǎrgaviná) — the quality of being nimble
- Czech: hbitost — the quality of being nimble
- Georgian: სიმკვირცხლე (simḳvircxle) — the quality of being nimble
- German: Wendigkeit — the quality of being nimble
- German: Gewandtheit — the quality of being nimble
- German: Behändigkeit — the quality of being nimble
- German: Beweglichkeit — the quality of being nimble
- Irish: luaineacht — the quality of being nimble
- Irish: éascaíocht — the quality of being nimble
- Italian: leggerezza — the quality of being nimble
- Italian: agilità — the quality of being nimble
- Italian: scioltezza — the quality of being nimble
- Latin: agilitās — the quality of being nimble
- Latin: pernīcitās — the quality of being nimble
- Latin: strēnuitās — the quality of being nimble
- Polish: zręczność — the quality of being nimble
- Polish: zwinność — the quality of being nimble
- Spanish: agilidad — the quality of being nimble