movable
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movable
- /ˈmuːvəbəl/
Where it comes from
From Old French movable. By surface analysis, move + -able.
adjective more movable · most movable · moveable
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Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; not fixed or stationary.
The owners had supplied the vessel with a movable derrick for the purpose of raising the gangways of the vessel when in port, in order to discharge cargo.
Similar: mobile · Opposite: immovable, fixed, immobile, immotile, inanimate, inert, lifeless, sessile, static, rigid, stationary, stuck
- Changing from one time to another. Easter is a movable holiday.
Similar: ambulatory, animate, kinetic, mobile, motile, motive, movable, vagile · Opposite: immobile
noun movables · moveable
- Something which is movable; an article of wares or goods; a commodity; a piece of property not fixed, or not a part of real estate; generally, in the plural, goods; wares; furniture.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: mobile, portable, transportable, moveable, transferrable, transferable, moving, removable, detachable, demountable, operable, sliding, transmitted, motive, roaming, tangible
Translations
Talk about this word "movable." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/movable. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. movable. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/movable "movable." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/movable.Cite this
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title = {movable},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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