Meanings
comparative more movable · superlative most movable · alternative moveable
- not comparableusuallyCapable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; not fixed or stationary.
The owners had supplied the vessel with a movable derrick for the purpose of raising the gangways of the vessel when in port, in order to discharge cargo.
1902, Henry Billings Brown, The OsceolaSynonyms: mobile · Antonyms: immovable, fixed, immobile, immotile, immovable, inanimate, inert, lifeless
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCapable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; not fixed or stationary.
More synonyms by meaning
adjective(of personal property as opposed to real estate) can be moved from place to place (especially carried by hand)
adjectivecapable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another
nounpersonal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc.)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchmovable
- Englishmovable
From Old French movable. By surface analysis, move + -able.
More words from Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek κινητικός
- κινητικός (kinētikós)capable of being moved
Bulgarian подвижен, преносим
- подвижен (podvižen)capable of being moved
- преносим (prenosim)capable of being moved
- движимост (dvižimost)something movable
Catalan mobiliari
- mobiliaricapable of being moved
Dutch beweegbaar
- beweegbaarcapable of being moved
Esperanto movebla
- moveblacapable of being moved
Finnish liikuteltava, liikkuva
- liikuteltavacapable of being moved
- liikkuvacapable of being moved
- siirrettäväcapable of being moved
- liikkuvachanging from one time to another
- irtainsomething movable
German beweglich
- beweglichcapable of being moved
Hindi जंगम, जंगम
- जंगम (jaṅgam)capable of being moved
- जंगम (jaṅgam)something movable
Hungarian ingóság
- ingóságsomething movable
Icelandic færanlegur
- færanlegurcapable of being moved
Irish aistritheach
- aistritheachcapable of being moved
Latin mōbilis
- mōbiliscapable of being moved
Norwegian Bokmål flyttbar
- flyttbarcapable of being moved
Persian متغیر
- متغیر (moteġayyer)changing from one time to another
Portuguese móvel, movediço
- móvelcapable of being moved
- movediçocapable of being moved
- movívelcapable of being moved
Romanian mobil, mișcabil
- mobilcapable of being moved
- mișcabilcapable of being moved
Swedish flyttbar
- flyttbarcapable of being moved
Ukrainian мобільний, рухомий
- мобільний (mobilʹnyj)capable of being moved
- рухомий (ruxomyj)capable of being moved
- рухливий (ruxlyvyj)capable of being moved
- рухомий (ruxomyj)changing from one time to another
- перехідний (perexidnyj)changing from one time to another
- вільний (vilʹnyj)something movable
Cite this entry
movable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/movable
“movable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/movable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “movable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/movable.
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