agile
Able to move quickly and easily.
agile in a sentence
- The agile squirrel leapt from branch to branch without slipping once.
- The agile goalkeeper sprang across the goal and tipped the ball over the bar with ease.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to agile?
- Aslow
- Bclumsy
- Cstiff
- Dnimble
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D: nimble. The other three mean the opposite of agile.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to agile?
- Aclumsy
- Bnimble
- Cspeedy
- Dquick
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A: clumsy. The other three mean nearly the same as agile.
Words that mean something similar
nimble, quick, speedy
Words that mean the opposite
clumsy, slow, stiff
More words about movement & action
- aimless: Having no plan or purpose.
- amble: To walk in a slow, relaxed way.
- arduous: Very difficult and tiring, needing lots of effort.
- ascend: To climb or move upwards.
- assemble: To put pieces together, or to gather in one place.
- asunder: Apart, or into pieces.
- avert: To turn away, or to stop something bad from happening.
- banish: To send someone away and forbid them from coming back.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test