Nimble

//ˈnɪmbl̩//

Synonyms for "nimble" (123 found)

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Closest matches (25)

active agile acute adroit alacritous alert alive apt attentive awake brainy breakneck bright brilliant brisk catty clever coruscating dashing deft

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dexterous

Adjective(3 words)

abuzz animate cursory

Adjective(1 words)

agile

Strong matches (37)

Related words (61)

Related word relations

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Synonyms

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agile

derived

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nimbility nimble-chops nimble-fingered nimble-witted nimbleness nimblesome nimblewill nimbly overnimble unnimble

derived from

1 entries

nim

etymologically related_to

1 entries

nim

has property

1 entries

same as handy

related to

5 entries

alert light movement quick quick witted

similar

3 entries

active intelligent

Translations

165 translations across 36 languages.

Ancient Greek

3 entries

εὐκίνητος adj (quick and light in movement or action)
κοῦφος adj (quick and light in movement or action)
λαιψηρός adj (quick and light in movement or action)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

cəld adj (quick and light in movement or action)
diribaş adj (quick-witted and alert)
qıvraq adj (quick-witted and alert)
zirək adj (quick-witted and alert)

Bulgarian

4 entries

бърз adj (quick and light in movement or action)
находчив adj (quick-witted and alert)
подвижен adj (quick and light in movement or action)
съобразителен adj (quick-witted and alert)

Catalan

4 entries

atent adj (quick-witted and alert)
destre adj (adept at taking or grasping)
àgil adj (quick and light in movement or action)
àgil adj (quick-witted and alert)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

敏捷 adj (quick and light in movement or action)

Czech

4 entries

bystrý adj (quick-witted and alert)
hbitý adj (adept at taking or grasping)
hbitý adj (quick and light in movement or action)
mrštný adj (quick and light in movement or action)

Danish

2 entries

flink adj (quick and light in movement or action)
rask adj (quick and light in movement or action)

Dutch

4 entries

alert adj (quick-witted and alert)
behendig adj (quick and light in movement or action)
gevat adj (quick-witted and alert)
lichtvoetig adj (quick and light in movement or action)

Finnish

4 entries

ketterä adj (quick and light in movement or action)
nopeaälyinen adj (quick-witted and alert)
valpas adj (quick-witted and alert)
vikkelä adj (quick and light in movement or action)

French

4 entries

agile adj (quick and light in movement or action)
fulgurant adj (quick and light in movement or action)
leste adj (quick and light in movement or action)
preste adj (quick and light in movement or action)

Galician

4 entries

abelencioso adj (quick-witted and alert)
aceirudo adj (quick and light in movement or action)
adoito adj (adept at taking or grasping)
aleuto adj (quick-witted and alert)

German

4 entries

behänd adj (quick and light in movement or action)
flink adj (quick and light in movement or action)
gelenkig adj (quick and light in movement or action)
geschickt adj (quick and light in movement or action)

Greek

3 entries

ευκίνητος adj (quick and light in movement or action)
εύστροφος adj (quick-witted and alert)
σβέλτος adj (quick and light in movement or action)

Hawaiian

2 entries

māmā adj (quick and light in movement or action)
māmā adj (quick and light in movement or action)

Hungarian

4 entries

fürge adj (quick and light in movement or action)
gyors adj (quick and light in movement or action)
hajlékony adj (quick and light in movement or action)
okos adj (quick-witted and alert)

Irish

4 entries

luaineach adj (quick and light in movement or action)
lúfar adj (quick and light in movement or action)
mear adj (quick and light in movement or action)
éasca adj (quick and light in movement or action)

Italian

4 entries

agile adj (quick and light in movement or action)
intelligente adj (quick-witted and alert)
leggero adj (quick and light in movement or action)
pronto adj (quick-witted and alert)

Latin

2 entries

agilis adj (quick and light in movement or action)
pernix adj (quick and light in movement or action)

Malay

1 entries

tangkas adj (quick and light in movement or action)

Marathi

2 entries

चपळ adj (quick and light in movement or action)
चपळ adj (quick-witted and alert)

Māori

4 entries

atamai adj (quick-witted and alert)
kakama adj (quick and light in movement or action)
kamakama adj (quick and light in movement or action)
māmā adj (quick and light in movement or action)

Norman

1 entries

leste adj (quick and light in movement or action)

Norwegian

4 entries

flink adj (quick and light in movement or action)
kjapp adj (quick and light in movement or action)
rask adj (quick and light in movement or action)
rask adj (quick-witted and alert)

Persian

4 entries

باهوش adj (adept at taking or grasping)
تیز adj (adept at taking or grasping)
تیز adj (quick and light in movement or action)
زیرک adj (adept at taking or grasping)

Polish

2 entries

zręczny adj (quick and light in movement or action)
zwinny adj (quick and light in movement or action)

Portuguese

4 entries

esperto adj (quick-witted and alert)
ligeiro adj (quick and light in movement or action)
ágil adj (quick and light in movement or action)
ágil adj (quick-witted and alert)

Romanian

4 entries

ager adj (quick and light in movement or action)
ager adj (quick-witted and alert)
agil adj (adept at taking or grasping)
agil adj (quick and light in movement or action)

Russian

4 entries

бы́стрый adj (quick and light in movement or action)
вёрткий adj (quick and light in movement or action)
ло́вкий adj (quick and light in movement or action)
нахо́дчивый adj (quick-witted and alert)

Sanskrit

1 entries

लघु adj (quick and light in movement or action)

Scots

1 entries

leish adj (quick and light in movement or action)

Spanish

4 entries

avispado adj (quick-witted and alert)
despierto adj (quick-witted and alert)
diestro adj (adept at taking or grasping)
hábil adj (quick-witted and alert)

Swedish

4 entries

ferm adj (quick and light in movement or action)
flink adj (quick and light in movement or action)
kvick adj (quick and light in movement or action)
kvick adj (quick-witted and alert)

Tahitian

1 entries

māmā adj (quick and light in movement or action)

Thai

2 entries

คล่อง adj (quick and light in movement or action)
คล่อง adj (quick-witted and alert)

Tongan

1 entries

maʻamaʻa adj (quick and light in movement or action)

Turkish

4 entries

atik adj (quick and light in movement or action)
açıkgöz adj (quick and light in movement or action)
çabukluk adj (quick and light in movement or action)
çevik adj (quick and light in movement or action)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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Squirrels are nimble in climbing trees.

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He has a nimble mind.

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I was going to take a picture of a squirrel I found in the park, but it was too nimble, and all my shots were no good.

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Poor cat! She can't catch the nimble mouse.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.