mobility
/məʊˈbɪləti
/noun [mass noun]
1The ability to move or be moved freely and easily: this exercise helps retain mobility in the damaged joints...
- It makes it possible for people who have real problems of mobility to participate more easily in their own democracy.
- The group had a degree of child mobility with children moving between carers for a range of reasons.
- Now she fears her permanently-limited mobility has blocked that ambition.
Synonyms
ability to move, movability, moveableness, motility, vigour, strength, potency
transportability, portability, manoeuvrability
1.1The ability to move between different levels in society or employment: industrialization would open up increasing chances of social mobility...
- The most egalitarian societies are also those with the highest level of social mobility.
- That is, there would have to be the possibility of both upward and downward social mobility.
- The middle class is large and for its members, upward or downward social mobility is rather easy.
Synonyms
adaptability, flexibility, versatility, adjustability
Rhymes
- phosphor tin
- phosphorus
- phosphorus bomb
- phosphorus bottle
- phosphorus box
- phosphorus lamp
- phosphorus necrosis
- phosphorus oxychloride
- phosphorus paste
- phosphorus pentachloride
- juvenility
- juvenilize
- Juventud, Isla de la
- juvie
- juxtaglomerular
- juxtapose
- juxtaposition
- juxtapositional
- Juárez, Benito Pablo
- JV
- jwlr.
- Jy
- Jylland
- Jyväskylä
- jété en tournant