mobility
/mə(ʊ)ˈbɪlɪti/US/moʊˈbɪlɪti/
mobility noun: the ability to move; capacity for movement.
Noun (1)
mobility (countable and uncountable, plural mobilities)
- The ability to move; capacity for movement.
- I find the enduring existence of high heels both a frustrating mystery and a testament to the triumph of women’s neuroses over their mobility.2015 June 15, Hadley Freeman, The Guardian
- In the late 19th and early 20th century, the festive season was also a period of great mobility before, during and after Christmas Day. But the railways kept working.2022 December 14, David Turner, “The Edwardian Christmas getaway...”, in RAIL, number 972, page 32
- Synonyms:
- mobileness
- A tendency to sudden change; mutability, changeableness.
- The ability of a military unit to move or be transported to a new position.
- The degree to which particles of a liquid or gas are in movement.
- The ability of people to move between different social levels or professional occupations.
- The difficulty of rising up the economic ladder is reflected in the decline in mobility in the United States. […] The frustration over the lack of mobility is particularly acute for those without college degrees.2020 July 28, Thomas B. Edsall, “Trump Is Trying to Bend Reality to His Will”, in New York Times
Noun (2)
mobility
- The mob; the common people or rabble.
- She singled you out with her eye as commander-in-chief of the mobility.John Dryden, Don Sebastian, iv. 1
- Thus, while Morris contemptuously characterized committees of correspondence, popular assemblies, and public debate as the actions of the "mobility" (the mob), John Adams announced that the destruction of a stamp office by a mob "was thought an honorable and glorious act" of the people.quoted in 1999, Kimberly K. Smith, The Dominion of Voice (page 41)
mobility meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
mobility in Hindi
- mobility
- मोबिलिटी mobiliṭī
mobility in Tamil
- இடம் பெயராற்றல், இடம் பெயர் ஆற்றல், நகர் ஆற்றல், பெயர்ச்சி, அசையுந்தன்மை, அசைத்தன்மை
mobility in Marathi
- गतिशीलता, गतीशीलता
mobility in Urdu
- سیلان پذیری, تلون
More languagesFewer languages
- mobility in Bengali
- চঞ্চলতা concolota
- mobility in Telugu
- చలనశీలత, మొబిలిటీ
- mobility in Malayalam
- ചലനക്ഷമത, ചലനശക്തി, ചലനശേഷി, ചലിക്കാനുള്ള കഴിവ്
- mobility in Kannada
- ಚಲನಶೀಲತೆ
- mobility in Punjabi
- ਗਤੀਸ਼ੀਲਤਾ
- mobility in Gujarati
- ગતિશીલતા, મોબિલિટી, ગતિશીલતાની
- mobility in Odia
- ଗତିଶୀଳତା
- mobility in Nepali
- गतिशीलता
- mobility in Tagalog
- pagkakakilos
- mobility in Indonesian
- mobilitas
Examples of mobility in a sentence
- Social mobility is often closely bound up with socioeconomic status.
- Sperms are made up of oval-shaped heads and long tails that they use for mobility.
- In cities large and small, urban mobility above all meant streetcars and walking.
Synonyms of mobility
Antonyms
Forms of mobility
| plural | mobilities |
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Origin of mobility
From Middle French mobilité, and its source, Latin mōbilitās (“mobility”).
Blend of mob + nobility
Words formed from mobility
- automobility
- dysmobility
- economic mobility
- electromobility
- e-mobility
- emobility
- hypermobility
- hypomobility
- intermobility
- macromobility
- micromobility
- mobicentric
- mobility kill
- mobility scooter
- palaeomobility
- paleomobility
- personal mobility device
- personal transportation mobility
- popmobility
- retromobility
- social mobility
- sustainable mobililty
- thermomobility
- upward mobility
- urban mobility
Phrases with mobility
Questions about mobility
- What does mobility mean?
- Mobility means the ability to move; capacity for movement.
- What is mobility in Hindi?
- Mobility in Hindi is मोबिलिटी (mobiliṭī). See Mobility meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is mobility?
- Mobility is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mobility?
- Mobility is pronounced /mə(ʊ)ˈbɪlɪti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of mobility?
- The plural of mobility is mobilities.
Words near mobility in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mobility (page history and authors); मोबिलिटी (Hindi) (page history and authors); mobility (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mobility (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mobility (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); চঞ্চলতা (Bengali) (page history and authors); mobility (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mobility (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); mobility (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mobility (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mobility (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mobility (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mobility (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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