motile C2+ Topic:Describing People US /ˈmoʊtəl/ UK /ˈməʊtaɪl/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj capable of independent movement Many bacteria are motile, propelled by tiny flagella. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · capable of independent... mobilemovinglocomotiveambulatory ↔ Opposites sessileimmotilestationaryfixed Word family Derived forms motility Related forms motionmotormobile Etymology AI details A 19th-century formation from Latin mōt- (past participle stem of movēre, 'to move') + -ile, on the model of mobile. movēre Latin *mew- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Describing People External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # motile **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈmoʊtəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈməʊtaɪl/ ## Meanings 1. capable of independent movement ## Examples - Many bacteria are motile, propelled by tiny flagella. ## Synonyms - mobile - moving - locomotive - ambulatory ## Antonyms - sessile - immotile - stationary - fixed ## Derived Forms - motility ## Related Forms - motion - motor - mobile ## Roots and Affixes - Root: movēre - Root: *mew- ## Etymology A 19th-century formation from Latin mōt- (past participle stem of movēre, 'to move') + -ile, on the model of mobile. ## AI Etymology Motile is a 19th-century formation from Latin mōt- (past participle stem of movēre, 'to move') + -ile, on the model of mobile. Important recorded forms include movēre (Latin) and *mew- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers capable of independent movement. The wider family includes derived forms such as motility and related words such as motion, motor, and mobile. ## Topics - Describing People markdown