Synonyms of agile

agile

adjective

ˈa-jəl 

as in graceful

moving easily

the expressive movements of agile dancers

agile herons wading in the marsh

Synonyms & Similar Words

• graceful
• nimble
• spry
• lithe
• lissom
• gracile
• feline
• balletic
• light-foot
• lissome
• lithesome
• light-footed
• flexible
• light
• acrobatic
• lightsome
• dextrous
• limber
• pliant
• dexterous
• athletic
• supple
• adroit
• pliable
• featly
• deft
• loose-jointed
• coordinated
• sure-footed
• fleet-footed
• light-fingered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clumsy
• lumbering
• ungainly
• awkward
• ungraceful
• gawky
• graceless
• rigid
• uncoordinated
• inflexible
• klutzy
• stiff
• inept
• maladroit
• bungling

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of agile

General Motors has made a series of moves in recent months to quietly restructure its business to be as agile as possible going into a wildly uncertain 2025, and analysts said the market should be applauding it. —Jamie L. Lareau, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024

Part of Edu’s remit was to move towards a leaner, more agile model: a smaller team working in a collaborative, more holistic fashion. —James McNicholas, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024

Kapoor said DataStax’s partnership with Nvidia has allowed the company to offer a tool that helps make developers more agile, and makes developing genAI apps more cost effective and scalable. —Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 10 Dec. 2024

His teeming visual imagination is matched by the agile physicality of Jomo Fray’s cinematography. —Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2024