IMMOBILITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The quality of not moving

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("immobility" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "immobility"):

immotility (lacking an ability to move)

inertness (immobility by virtue of being inert)

immovability; immovableness (not capable of being moved or rearranged)

Antonym:

mobility (the quality of moving freely)

Meaning:

Remaining in place

Synonyms:

fixedness; immobility; stationariness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("immobility" is a kind of...):

lifelessness; motionlessness; stillness (a state of no motion or movement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "immobility"):

rootage (fixedness by or as if by roots)

Derivation:

immobile (securely fixed in place)