EN

Synonyms for motile

  • adjective

Most common

kinetic animate vagile

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Mobile — in organisms, having the power to move spontaneously

mobile, movable, kinetic, animate, motive, vagile

Antonyms

immobile, sessile, stationary

All antonyms of motile →

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    In organisms: having the power to move spontaneously.

Related words

Word family
motility

Example sentences

  • kinetic That kinetic typography video you made was awesome, Jim!
  • animate We have to animate this scene by Friday!

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
motilefalling
kineticfalling
animaterising
vagilesteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
mobile2, motive2, vagile
7 letters
kinetic3, movable3, animate3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (mobile2 = 2 syllables).