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mobility¹

  • /mə(ʊ)ˈbɪlɪti/ UK
  • /moʊˈbɪlɪti/ Canada, US
  • [moʊˈbɪlɪɾi] Canada, US
  • /moʊˈbɪləti/ Canada, US
  • [moʊˈbɪləɾi] Canada, US

Where it comes from

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

noun mobilities

  1. countable, uncountable 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.

    Similar: mobileness

  2. countable, literary, uncountable A tendency to sudden change; mutability, changeableness.
  3. countable, uncountable The ability of a military unit to move or be transported to a new position.
  4. countable, uncountable The degree to which particles of a liquid or gas are in movement.
  5. countable, uncountable 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.

Opposite: immobility

mobility²

  • /mə(ʊ)ˈbɪlɪti/ UK
  • /moʊˈbɪlɪti/ Canada, US
  • [moʊˈbɪlɪɾi] Canada, US
  • /moʊˈbɪləti/ Canada, US
  • [moʊˈbɪləɾi] Canada, US

Where it comes from

Blend of mob + nobility

noun

  1. UK, humorous, obsolete, slang The mob; the common people or rabble. She singled you out with her eye as commander-in-chief of the mobility.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: portability, movement, moving, transfer, maneuverability, move, mobilize, mobilization, mobilisation, redeployment, transport, ascension, relocation, circulation, rotation, travelling

noun

Opposite: immobility

Translations

Every language

noun ability to move

Españolmovilidad
日本語可動 kadō, 動きやすさ ugokiyasusa
中文流動性 /流动性 liúdòngxìng
Portuguêsmobilidade
Françaismobilité
DeutschMobilität
Italianomobilità
Ελληνικάκινητικότητα kinitikótita
Русскийподви́жность podvížnostʹ, моби́льность mobílʹnostʹ

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

日本語機動 kidō

noun ease of movement between social levels

日本語流動性 ryūdōsei
DeutschMobilität

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@misc{mobility_2026,
  title = {mobility},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mobility},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}