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Synonyms for agile
ˈædʒ əl, -aɪlag·ile
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
agile
Active refers to both quickness and constancy of action; in the former sense it is allied with agile, alert, brisk, etc.; in the latter, with busy, diligent, industrious. The active love employment, the busy are actually employed, the diligent and the industrious are habitually busy. The restless are active from inability to keep quiet; their activity may be without purpose, or out of all proportion to the purpose contemplated. The officious are undesirably active in the affairs of others. Compare ALERT; ALIVE; MEDDLESOME.
Synonyms:
active, alert, brisk, bustling, busy, diligent, energetic, expeditious, industrious, lively, mobile, nimble, officious, prompt, quick, ready, restless, sprightly, spry, supple, vigorous, wide awakeAntonyms:
dull, heavy, idle, inactive, indolent, inert, lazy, quiescent, quiet, slow, sluggish, stupidPreposition:
Active in work, in a cause; for an object, as for justice; with persons or instrumentalities; about something, as about other people's business.
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Princeton's WordNet
agile, nimble, quick, spryadjective
moving quickly and lightly
"sleek and agile as a gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick of foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it"
Synonyms:
immediate, straightaway, warm, fast, speedy, spry, ready, nimble, quick, prompt, flyingAntonyms:
stupid, inactive, unintelligentagile, nimbleadjective
mentally quick
"an agile mind"; "nimble wits"
Antonyms:
inactive, unintelligent, stupid
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#534 | mobile | |
#852 | fast | |
#934 | quick | |
#954 | active | |
#1292 | ready | |
#2450 | alert | |
#3122 | immediate | |
#3359 | warm | |
#3722 | flexible | |
#3992 | flying | |
#4087 | busy | |
#6013 | fleet | |
#6394 | prompt | |
#9077 | swift | |
#10434 | versatile | |
#12285 | lively | |
#12309 | racer | |
#14373 | energetic | |
#14815 | speedy | |
#18495 | restless | |
#18634 | agility | |
#18644 | agile | |
#19156 | vigorous | |
#29634 | supple | |
#30505 | brisk | |
#30597 | diligent | |
#31151 | bustling | |
#44422 | nimble | |
#44884 | expeditious | |
#52872 | industrious | |
#64017 | spry | |
#83606 | lithe | |
#86275 | straightaway | |
#91697 | sprightly | |
#131319 | officious |
How to use agile in a sentence?
When people around you change, moving from a very process-defined model to a much more agile model, it is definitely making a dent in everyone's thinking.
It's not about financial gain, (these) give us easier access to see what the new business models look like, they're more agile than a lot of the telecom operators. We don't have the time and skill sets to do this in house.
There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.
As one of the earliest and oldest crocodylomorphs, Carnufex was a far cry from living crocodiles. It was an agile, terrestrial predator that hunted on land, carnufex predates the group that living crocodiles belong to.
Our biggest strategic risk is not being able to change ahead of it, we are bound by internal process and decision-making … that leads us to believe we can take long periods of time to do things – that’s not the world we live in today. We have got to become more strategically agile in everything from education to training.
Translations for agile
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- رشيق, خفيف الحركةArabic
- пъргав, чевръст, подвиженBulgarian
- àgilCatalan, Valencian
- behände, wendig, agilGerman
- ευκίνητοςGreek
- facilmovaEsperanto
- ágilSpanish
- تَر و فرز, چالاک, چُست, چابُکPersian
- ketteräFinnish
- agileFrench
- gradScottish Gaelic
- agilisHungarian
- lincahIndonesian
- זָרִיזHebrew
- 敏捷, すばしこいJapanese
- mobilis dissertusLatin
- žigls, knašs, veikls, ņiprs, vingrsLatvian
- tangkas, lincahMalay
- behendig, lenig, beweeglijkDutch
- ledig, sprek, behendig, smidigNorwegian
- zwinnyPolish
- ágilPortuguese
- agilRomanian
- подвижный, ловкий, проворный, гибкийRussian
- smidig, vigSwedish
- சுறுசுறுப்பானTamil
- гнучкийUkrainian
- فرتیلیUrdu
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