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immobilisation has 2 distinct synonyms spread across 2 of its 2 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing
“immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
the act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement
“the storm caused complete immobilization of the rescue team”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for immobilisation come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.