Synonyms for agile
ˈædʒ əl, -aɪlag·ile

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1. agileadjective

   Synonyms:
   lively, brisk, alert, quick, nimble, active

2. agileadjective

   Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue.

   Synonyms:
   nimble, active, quick, alert, brisk, lively

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1. 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 awake

   Antonyms:
   dull, heavy, idle, inactive, indolent, inert, lazy, quiescent, quiet, slow, sluggish, stupid

   Preposition:
   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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1. agile

   Synonyms:
   nimble, active, fleet, brisk, alert, featly, lithe, prompt, ready, quick, supple, nimble, swift, sprightly

   Antonyms:
   slow, heavy, awkward, inert, clumsy, bulky, ponderous, elephantine

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1. 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, flying

   Antonyms:
   stupid, inactive, unintelligent

2. agile, nimbleadjective

   mentally quick

   "an agile mind"; "nimble wits"

   Synonyms:
   nimble, spry, quick

   Antonyms:
   inactive, unintelligent, stupid

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1. agileadjective

   Synonyms:
   lively, nimble, brisk, smart, active, quick, ready, prompt, alert, sprightly, lively, supple, SPRY, winged

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1. agileadjective

   Synonyms:
   nimble, spry, active, lively

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1. List of paraphrases for "agile":

   nimble, agility, flexible, versatile, racer

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1. Scott Gegenheimer:

   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.

2. Sanjiv Kovil:

   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.

3. Jorge Bittar:

   The submarine cable will give us greater security and more agile communications with Europe.

4. Mark Read:

   In a world where clients need faster, more agile, integrated solutions, we need to get closer together, not further apart.

5. Alfred Hitchcock:

   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.