ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsAagile
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agile
Meaning: able to move quickly and easily
agile in a sentence
How agile is used in real sentences:
The gymnast's agile movements amazed everyone watching the competition that afternoon.
Even at sixty, the dancer remained agile enough to perform intricate leaps across the stage.
“An agile inspection robot climbed cables and slipped through narrow gaps that people could not enter.”
— from the passage The Singing Span
Synonyms for agile
Other words for agile — nimble, spry and lithe — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of agile
Words that mean the opposite of agile:
- clumsy
- sluggish
- stiff
Where it comes from
From Latin agilis 'nimble, quick'
Memory hook
AGILE sounds like a jill who can dodge and dash faster than anyone.