- not moving; motionless
- not able to move or be moved; fixed
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im•mo•bile /ɪˈmoʊbəl, -bil/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- incapable of moving or being moved:The straps kept him immobile on the operating table.
- not mobile or moving; motionless:He stood immobile and unseeing.
im•mo•bile
(i mō′bəl, -bēl),USA pronunciation adj.
- incapable of moving or being moved.
- not mobile or moving;
motionless.
- Latin immōbilis. See im-2, mobile
- Middle English 1300–50
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immobile /ɪˈməʊbaɪl/ adj
'immobile' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
icebound
- immobilize
- immovable
- paralyse
- pupa
- still
- anthropoid
- armlock
- bedsore
- craton
- immobility
- inactive
- inert
- tarsier
- stabile