1
: capable of moving or being moved : movable
a mobile laboratory
the age babies become mobile
2
3
: migratory
a mobile society of nomadic herders
4
a
: characterized by the mixing of social groups
… the general confusion in moral standards which characterizes mobile societies …—
E. R. Mowrer
E. R. Mowrer
b
: having the opportunity for or undergoing a shift in status within the levels of a society
socially mobile workers
5
: marked by the use of vehicles for transportation
mobile warfare
6
: of or relating to a mobile
A mobile art work hung from the ceiling.
7
a(1)
: cellular sense 3
a mobile phone
(2)
: ofrelating toor being a computing device (such as a smartphone or tablet) that is capable of being connected wirelessly to the Internet and is typically used for online browsingwatching videosplaying gamesreading booksetc.
a mobile video player/e-reader
b
: designed or intended to run on a mobile device
mobile apps/games
c
: taking place on or utilizing a mobile device
mobile gaming/streaming
1
: a construction or sculpture frequently of wire and sheet metal shapes with parts that can be set in motion by air currents
also
: a similar structure (as of paper or plastic) suspended so that it moves in a current of air
2
1
: motorized vehicle
snowmobile
2
: automotive vehicle bringing services to the public
bloodmobile
bookmobile
Examples of mobile in a Sentence
Adjective
Their armies are now fully mobile.
a mobile kitchen that helps bring food to homeless people
Noun
They hung a mobile over the baby's bed.
Even if I'm out of the office you can reach me on my mobile.
Recent Examples on the Web
Joshua YaffaNew Yorker8 May 2026
Nielsen’s streaming ratings cover viewing on TV sets only and don’t include minutes watched on computers or mobile devices.
—Rick PorterHollywoodReporter7 May 2026
Christopher HarrisCBS News8 May 2026
Greater Sum Ventures Announces Majority Investment in Tapin2 Greater Sum Ventures (GSV) announced a majority investment in Tapin2a provider of self-servicesuite catering and mobile ordering technology for sports and entertainment venues.
—Sportico StaffSportico.com8 May 2026
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Adjective
During the next three weeksmobile internet was impeded or shut off in the center of Moscow.
—Joshua YaffaNew Yorker8 May 2026
Nielsen’s streaming ratings cover viewing on TV sets only and don’t include minutes watched on computers or mobile devices.
—Rick PorterHollywoodReporter7 May 2026
Noun
Games will continue to air on ANFbut the Victory+ partnership adds a digital option across connected TV and mobile platforms.
—Christopher HarrisCBS News8 May 2026
Greater Sum Ventures Announces Majority Investment in Tapin2 Greater Sum Ventures (GSV) announced a majority investment in Tapin2a provider of self-servicesuite catering and mobile ordering technology for sports and entertainment venues.
—Sportico StaffSportico.com8 May 2026
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“Mobile.” Merriam-Webster.com DictionaryMerriam-Websterhttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mobile. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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1
: capable of moving or being moved : movable entry 1
2
: changing quickly in expression
a mobile face
3
: easily moved
mobile troops
4
: tending to travel or migrate from place to place : migratory
mobile workers
5
: characterized by movement from one social class to another
a mobile society
6
mobile
2 of 2 noun
mo·bile
ˈmō-ˌbēl 
: an artistic structure that is moved easily or that has parts easily moved (as by a current of air)
Medical Definition
1
: capable of moving or being moved about readily
globular proteins that are mobile and rod-shaped proteins that form solid structures
the tongue … is clearly the most mobile articulator—G. A. Miller
G. A. Miller2
: characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity
ether and mercury are mobile liquids
Geographical Definition
Mobile
geographical name
Mo·bile
mō-ˈbēl
ˈmō-ˌbēl
1
river 38 miles (61 kilometers) long in southwestern Alabama formed by the Alabama and Tombigbee rivers and flowing south into
Mobile Bay (an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico)
2
city and port at the point where the Mobile River enters Mobile Bay in southwestern Alabama population 195,111
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