mobile

adj 1: (of groups of people) tending to travel and change

settlements frequently; "a restless mobile society";

"the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the

profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy

future"; "wandering tribes" [syn: {nomadic}, {peregrine},

{roving}, {wandering}]

2: moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place

to place); "a mobile missile system"; "the tongue is...the

most mobile articulator" [ant: {immobile}]

3: having transportation available

4: capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to

another; "a highly mobile face"

5: affording change (especially in social status); "Britain is

not a truly fluid society"; "upwardly mobile" [syn: {fluid}]

n 1: a river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay [syn:

{Mobile}, {Mobile River}]

2: a port in southwestern Alabama on Mobile Bay [syn: {Mobile}]

3: a sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced

parts can be set in motion by air currents [ant: {stabile}]