agility
/əˈd͡ʒɪl.ɪ.ti/US/əˈd͡ʒɪl.ə.ti/
agility noun: the quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; quickness of motion.
Noun
agility (countable and uncountable, plural agilities)
- The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; quickness of motion
- His superior agility countered his lack of strength.
- Synonyms:
- nimbleness
- A faculty of being agile in body, mind, or figuratively.
agility meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
agility in Tamil
- சுறுசுறுப்பு
agility in Marathi
- चपळता, चपळपणा
agility in Urdu
- چستی, پھرتی, پھرتیلا پن, تیزی
agility in Bengali
- চপলতা
More languagesFewer languages
- agility in Telugu
- చెంగు ceṅgu
- agility in Malayalam
- ചടുലത caṭulata
- agility in Kannada
- ಚುರುಕುತನ, ಚುರುಕುತನವು
- agility in Punjabi
- کاٹ kāṭ
- agility in Gujarati
- ચપળતા, ચુસ્તી
- agility in Odia
- ଚପଲତା
- agility in Nepali
- चपलता, चुस्ती, चपळता
- agility in Tagalog
- liksi
- agility in Malay
- ketangkasan, kelincahan, agiliti
- agility in Thai
- ความว่องไว kwaam-wɔ̂ng-wai
- agility in Vietnamese
- nhanh nhẹn
- agility in Myanmar
- သွက်လက် swaklak
Examples of agility in a sentence
- If an Erewhonian plays his role as a martyr with a smile, it is through metaphysical agility.
- Given his size and lack of agility, he relied on his brawn to win.
- Youth and agility characterize the white-clad figures wearing bérets and Basque sandals.
Synonyms of agility
Forms of agility
| plural | agilities |
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Origin of agility
From late Middle English, borrowed from Middle French agilité, from Latin agilitās, from agilis (“nimble, fleet, quick”), equivalent to agile + -ity.
Words formed from agility
Words that rhyme with agility
- sensibility
- utility
- facility
- ability
- disability
- compatibility
- possibility
- probability
- fertility
- fragility
- futility
- impossibility
36 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- senility
- virility
- vulnerability
- capability
- comfortability
- flexibility
- hostility
- improbability
- indomitability
- instability
- juvenility
- nobility
- stability
- accommodability
- affability
- backward compatibility
- backwards compatibility
- bouncebackability
- chewability
- creatability
- debility
- diffability
- ductility
- forward compatibility
- forwards compatibility
- fuckability
- humility
- impressionability
- ineffability
- irascibility
- manageability
- mutility
- tabability
- unassailability
- upward compatibility
- versatility
Questions about agility
- What does agility mean?
- Agility means the quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; quickness of motion.
- What is agility in Tamil?
- Agility in Tamil is சுறுசுறுப்பு. See Agility meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is agility?
- Agility is a noun.
- How do you pronounce agility?
- Agility is pronounced /əˈd͡ʒɪl.ɪ.ti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of agility?
- The plural of agility is agilities.
Words near agility in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: agility (page history and authors); agility (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); agility (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); agility (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); agility (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); చెంగు (Telugu) (page history and authors); ചടുലത (Malayalam) (page history and authors); agility (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); کاٹ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); agility (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); agility (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); agility (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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