Meaning of IMMOBILE
| Pronunciation: | | i'mowbil
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- [adj] securely fixed in place; "the post was still firm after being hit by the car"
- [adj] not capable of movement or of being moved
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| | Synonyms: | | fast, firm, fixed, immotile, immovable, immoveable, nonmotile, stabile, stiff, unmovable |
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| | Antonyms: | | mobile | | |
| | See Also: | | nonmoving, unmoving | |
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| | Definition: | | \Im*mo"bile\, a. [L. immobilis: cf. F. immobile. See
{Immobility}.]
Incapable of being moved; immovable; fixed; stable. --Prof.
Shedd.
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| | Related Terms: | | abiding, adamant, adamantine, at a standstill, at anchor, changeless, constant, contemplative, continuing, dead-still, do-nothing, dormant, durable, enduring, firm, fixed, frozen, idle, immotile, immotive, immovable, immutable, inactive, inert, inflexible, intact, inviolate, irremovable, laissez-aller, laissez-faire, lasting, meditative, motionless, moveless, neuter, neutral, out of commission, paralytic, paralyzed, passive, pat, permanent, perpetual, persistent, procrastinating, quiescent, quietist, quietistic, remaining, riding at anchor, rigid, solid, stable, stagnant, stagnating, standpat, static, stationary, statuelike, staying, steadfast, still, stock-still, sustained, torpid, unaltered, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, unchecked, undestroyed, unemployed, unfading, unfailing, unmovable, unmoved, unmoving, unshifting, unvaried, unvarying, unyielding, vegetable, vegetative |
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