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say it: MOH-buhl
mobile is an adjective and noun meaning "migratory". It is pronounced /ˈmoʊbəl/ — MOH-buhl. It carries 8 recorded senses.
moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place)
“a mobile missile system”
“the tongue is...the most mobile articulator”
having transportation available
capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to another
“a highly mobile face”
affording change (especially in social status)
“Britain is not a truly fluid society”
“upwardly mobile”
a river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for mobile come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.