Meanings
plural agilities
- uncountableThe quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; quickness of motion
His superior agility countered his lack of strength.
Synonyms: nimbleness
- countableA faculty of being agile in body, mind, or figuratively.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; quickness of motion
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinagilitās
- Middle Frenchagilité
- Englishagility
From late Middle English, borrowed from Middle French agilité, from Latin agilitās, from agilis (“nimble, fleet, quick”), equivalent to agile + -ity.
More words from Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian подвижност, чевръстост
- подвижност (podvižnost)quality of being agile
- чевръстост (čevrăstost)quality of being agile
Catalan agulla, agilitat
- agullaquality of being agile
- agilitatquality of being agile
Chinese Mandarin 敏捷性, 靈活性 /灵活性
- 敏捷性quality of being agile
- 靈活性 /灵活性 (línghuóxìng)quality of being agile
- 敏捷 (mǐnjié)quality of being agile
- 靈活 /灵活 (línghuó)quality of being agile
Czech pohyblivost, hbitost
- pohyblivostquality of being agile
- hbitostquality of being agile
- bystrostquality of being agile
Danish smidighed
- smidighedquality of being agile
Dutch wendbaarheid
- wendbaarheidquality of being agile
Finnish ketteryys
- ketteryysquality of being agile
French agilité
- agilitéquality of being agile
German Beweglichkeit, Agilität
- Beweglichkeitquality of being agile
- Agilitätquality of being agile
- Wendigkeitquality of being agile
Greek ευκινησία
- ευκινησία (efkinisía)quality of being agile
Irish aclaíocht, lúth
- aclaíochtquality of being agile
- lúthquality of being agile
Japanese 機敏
- 機敏 (kibin)quality of being agile
Latin agilitās, pernīcitās
- agilitāsquality of being agile
- pernīcitāsquality of being agile
Latvian veiklums, veiklība
- veiklumsquality of being agile
- veiklībaquality of being agile
- vingrumsquality of being agile
Lithuanian judrumas
- judrumasquality of being agile
Malay ketangkasan, kelincahan
- ketangkasanquality of being agile
- kelincahanquality of being agile
- agilitiquality of being agile
Norwegian spenst
- spenstquality of being agile
Norwegian Bokmål smidighet
- smidighetquality of being agile
Polish zręczność, zwinność
- zręcznośćquality of being agile
- zwinnośćquality of being agile
Portuguese agilidade
- agilidadequality of being agile
Romanian agilitate, agerime
- agilitatequality of being agile
- agerimequality of being agile
Russian ло́вкость, прово́рство
- ло́вкость (lóvkostʹ)quality of being agile
- прово́рство (provórstvo)quality of being agile
- подви́жность (podvížnostʹ)quality of being agile
- ю́ркость (júrkostʹ)quality of being agile
Spanish agilidad
- agilidadquality of being agile
Swedish smidighet, vighet
- smidighetquality of being agile
- vighetquality of being agile
Tagalog liksi
- liksiquality of being agile
Thai ความว่องไว
- ความว่องไว (kwaam-wɔ̂ng-wai)quality of being agile
Turkish yordam
- yordamquality of being agile
Vietnamese nhanh nhẹn
- nhanh nhẹnquality of being agile
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with agility
Cite this entry
agility. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agility
“agility.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agility. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “agility,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agility.
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