agile
UK/ˈæd͡ʒ.aɪl/
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Australia/ˈæd͡ʒ.ɑel/
agile adjective: having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; loose-jointed.
Adjective (1)
agile (comparative agiler or more agile, superlative agilest or most agile)
- Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; loose-jointed.
- an agile creature
- an agile wit
- Synonyms:
- nimble
- Characterised by quick motion.
- agile movements
- Of or relating to agile software development, a technique for iterative and incremental development of software involving collaboration between teams.
- agile methods
Noun (1)
agile (uncountable)
- Agile software development.
Adjective (2) capitalized: Agile
Agile (comparative more Agile, superlative most Agile)
- Alternative letter-case form of agile (of or related to agile software development)
Noun (2) capitalized: Agile
Agile (uncountable)
- Alternative letter-case form of agile (agile software development)
agile meaning in Hindi, Odia, Nepali and Tagalog
agile in Hindi
- फुर्तीला, फुर्तीले
agile in Odia
- ଚପଳ
agile in Nepali
- फुर्तीला, फुर्तीलो, फुर्तिलो
agile in Tagalog
- having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
- maliksi
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- agile in Arabic
- رَشِيق rašīq, خَفِيف اَلْحَرَكَة ḵafīf al-ḥaraka
- agile in Malay
- tangkas, lincah
- agile in Persian
- چابُک, چالاک, چُست, تَر و فرز
- agile in Thai
- ว่องไว wɔ̂ng-wai
- agile in Vietnamese
- nhanh nhẹn
Examples of agile in a sentence
- Alcoa is now a lean and agile enterprise, after having split last year into two entities.
- As you look at your agile team’s high-level project plan, you notice there are three pre-mortems scheduled.
- There are also two species of chinchilla rat, agile rock climbers that ascend bushes when feeding.
Synonyms of agile
Antonyms
Forms of agile
| comparative | agiler |
|---|---|
| comparative | more agile |
| superlative | agilest |
| superlative | most agile |
| alternative form | Agile |
| comparative | more Agile |
| superlative | most Agile |
Origin of agile
From earlier agil, borrowed from Latin agilis (“agile, nimble”), from agō (“do, act; move”). See agent.
Words formed from agile
Phrases with agile
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Questions about agile
- What does agile mean?
- Agile means having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; loose-jointed.
- What is agile in Hindi?
- Agile in Hindi is फुर्तीला, फुर्तीले. See Agile meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is agile?
- Agile can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce agile?
- Agile is pronounced /ˈæd͡ʒ.aɪl/ (UK).
Words near agile in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: agile (page history and authors); Agile (page history and authors); agile (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); agile (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); agile (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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