immobile
Not moving or not able to move.
immobile in a sentence
- The rabbit stayed immobile in the grass, hoping the fox would pass by.
- In the statue game you must stay totally immobile, and whoever moves first is out.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to immobile?
- Astill
- Bmoving
- Clively
- Dactive
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A: still. The other three mean the opposite of immobile.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to immobile?
- Afrozen
- Bmoving
- Cfixed
- Dstill
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B: moving. The other three mean nearly the same as immobile.
Words that mean something similar
still, frozen, fixed
Words that mean the opposite
moving, active, lively
More words about movement & action
- intercept: To stop or catch something before it reaches where it is going.
- jaunt: A short trip taken for fun.
- jostle: To push and bump against people in a crowd.
- laborious: Needing a lot of hard, slow work.
- languid: Slow, relaxed and without energy.
- leisurely: Slow, relaxed and unhurried.
- limber: Bending and moving easily.
- lithe: Moving in a smooth, graceful and bendy way.
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