immobile

/ɪˈmoʊbəl/

/ɪˈmʌʊbəl/

Something immobile can't move or be moved — it's locked or stuck in place.

If you know that mobile things move around, then you're halfway to understanding what immobile means: this refers to anything that can't move. A mountain is immobile; no one's moving that. Sometimes people who are very large — like offensive lineman — are described as immobile, because they are big and hard to move. When something is immobile, it's not going anywhere.

Definitions of immobile

1. adjective

   not capable of movement or of being moved
   synonyms:

   immovable, immoveable, stabile, unmovable

   not able or intended to be moved

   immotile, nonmotile

   (of spores or microorganisms) not capable of movement

   stiff

   not moving or operating freely

   nonmoving, unmoving

   not in motion

   antonyms:

   mobile

   moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place)

   airborne

   moved or conveyed by or through air

   ambulant, ambulatory

   able to walk about

   floating

   inclined to move or be moved about

   maneuverable, manoeuvrable

   capable of maneuvering or changing position

   mechanised, mechanized, motorized

   using vehicles

   motile

   (of spores or microorganisms) capable of movement

   movable, moveable, transferable, transferrable, transportable

   capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another

   perambulating

   strolling or walking around

   racy

   designed or suitable for competing in a race

   raisable, raiseable

   capable of being raised

   rangy

   adapted to wandering or roaming

   rotatable

   capable of being rotated

   seaborne

   conveyed by sea

   transplantable

   capable of being transplanted

   versatile

   able to move freely in all directions

   waterborne

   transported by water

   moving

   in motion
2. adjective

   securely fixed in place
   synonyms: fast, firm

   fixed

   securely placed or fastened or set