Antonyms for immobile

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ih-moh-buh l, -beel

Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmoʊ bəl, -bil

Definition of immobile

Origin : mid-14c., from Old French immoble "immovable, fixed, motionless," from Latin immobilis "immovable" (also, figuratively, "hard-hearted"), from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + mobilis (see mobile (adj.)). Hence, immobilism "policy of extreme conservatism" (1949, from French immobilisme).

adj motionless, fixed

Example sentences :

He addressed himself to the figure with the immobile, horrid face.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various

But Khalid could sit there as immobile as the Boss himself, and he did so, billah!
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

And now, with the first touch of dawn, it was once more quiet, immobile.
Extract from : « The Planetoid of Peril » by Paul Ernst

They stood there, man and beast, framed by the pines, immobile and silent.
Extract from : « The Trimming of Goosie » by James Hopper

The Englishman's eyes danced, but otherwise his face was immobile.
Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine

She gazed in a kind of stupor at the immobile face of the detective.
Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest

The immobile Egyptian had brought him the opium, and had departed silently as before.
Extract from : « The Yellow Claw » by Sax Rohmer

A cat sat there on the hatch, expressionless and immobile in the gloom.
Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1915 » by Various

What face was this, strange, staring, immobile as a face carved in wood?
Extract from : « The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) » by Various

The old chief sat as immobile and dignified as a king in court.
Extract from : « Land of the Burnt Thigh » by Edith Eudora Kohl

Synonyms for immobile

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