mobile

Designed to work on a phone or another small device that you can carry.

• Use the mobile version of the website.
• They released a new mobile game yesterday.
• This mobile app works on both phones and tablets.

Common phrases: mobile version, mobile app, mobile website, mobile game

Connected with phones that you can carry and use away from home.

• What is your mobile number?
• There is no mobile signal here.
• Mobile calls cost less with this plan.

Similar words: cellular

Common phrases: mobile phone, mobile number, mobile network, mobile data

Able to be moved from place to place, often on wheels.

• They live in a mobile home.
• A mobile library visits our village every Friday.
• The hospital sent a mobile unit to the festival.

Similar words: movable, portable

Opposites: fixed, stationary

Common phrases: mobile home, mobile library, mobile clinic, mobile unit

Able to move around easily or without help.

• She is mobile again after her operation.
• Regular exercise helps older people stay mobile.
• The patient is fully mobile and can walk without help.

Similar words: able to move

Opposites: immobile

Common phrases: fully mobile, remain mobile, mobile again

A small phone that you carry and use wherever there is a signal.

• My mobile is in my bag.
• Can I call you on your mobile?
• She left both mobiles charging overnight.

Similar words: mobile phone, cell phone, cellphone

Common phrases: my mobile, on your mobile, charge a mobile, mobile number

A hanging decoration with separate pieces that move gently in the air.

• A mobile hangs above the baby's cot.
• We made a colourful mobile from paper birds.
• The gallery displays mobiles that move with the air.

Common phrases: baby mobile, hanging mobile, colourful mobile