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motility

[moh-til-i-tee] / moʊˈtɪl ɪ ti /
NOUN
feeling
Synonyms
STRONGEST
awareness excitement feel pain perception pleasure reaction sense sensitivity
STRONG
activity consciousness enjoyment excitability excitation innervation perceiving receptivity reflex responsiveness sensibility sensuality tactility tangibility titillation
WEAK
motor response
Antonyms
STRONGEST
insensitivity
WEAK
concrete insensibility numbness thing unconsciousness
NOUN
mobility
Synonyms
STRONGEST
flexibility maneuverability
STRONG
movability portability
WEAK
adjustability moveableness transportability
NOUN
motion
Synonyms
STRONGEST
act gesture passage
STRONG
advance agitation ambulation change changing direction drift dynamics flow fluctuation flux gesticulation inclination kinetics locomotion mobility move oscillation passing progress sign signal stir stirring stream sway sweep swing tendency travel wave wavering
WEAK
body English full swing high sign
Antonyms
STRONGEST
idleness
STRONG
stagnation
WEAK
immobility repose rest stiffness stillness
NOUN
movement
Synonyms
STRONGEST
act action change development evolution exercise flow migration move operation progress shift
STRONG
advance agitation alteration deed displacement dynamism flight flux gesture journey journeying locomotion maneuver mobility movableness passage progression regression shifting steps stir stirring transit transplanting undertaking velocity wandering
WEAK
changing evolving moving operativeness roaming transferal translating voyaging
Antonyms
STRONGEST
cessation decline decrease idleness inaction inactivity inertia repose rest stagnation stoppage
WEAK
halt indifference pause

Example Sentences

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Diamond said that in the company’s clinical research on men with male-factor infertility, findings showed its male prenatals significantly boosted sperm motility, or how well the sperm moves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Anything higher or lower than this can negatively affect sperm motility, therefore impacting fertility.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

One of the most studied examples is the steady decline in sperm count and sperm motility observed since the 1950s.

From Science Daily • Dec. 8, 2025

To address it, their doctors have tried a number of tweaks, including a sperm sorting technique meant to improve sperm quality and motility.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2025

All their aunts have received Communications, and there they sit, with proof of the motility of consciousness at their fingertips, and the making of a new science.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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