movable

Can be repositioned

Movable describes something that can be moved from one place to another, not fixed in position: movable furniture, movable partitions.

In law, movables are personal property as opposed to real estate—things you can take with you.

A movable feast is a religious holiday whose date shifts each year, like Easter.

Also spelled moveable.

portable

transportable

Capable of being moved

collapsible · foldable · lightweight · compact · handheld · luggable · stowable · wheeled · carryable · displaceable

property

chattel

Movable personal property

personal property · effects · furnishings · assets · furniture · fixtures · tangible property · estate · holdings · inheritance

adjustable

ergonomic

Designed for bodily efficiency

pivot · articulating · retractable · telescopic · rotatable · reclining · modular · configurable · expandable · extendable

temporary

impermanent

Not meant to last

demountable · transitory · shifting · changeable · unstable · unfixed · non-permanent · seasonal · makeshift

mobile

ambulatory

Able to walk

nomadic · peripatetic · vehicular · automotive · self-propelled · motorized · rolling · kinetic · dynamic · untethered

flexible

bendable

Able to curve

pliant · supple · elastic · limber · yielding · stretchable · springy · resilient · tensile · flexuous

Categories
Opposites
physical mobility

movableimmovable

Incapable of being shifted

fixed · stationary · immobile · unmovable · static

permanence/attachment

movablefixed

Restored or immovable

permanent · fastened · secured · anchored · rooted

flexibility/changeability

movableimmovable

Incapable of being shifted

fixed · rigid · inflexible · unchangeable · set

Phrases
Family

immovable, removable, unmovable, immovably, movables, immovability, movability, removability, movable type

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G