Word Root: ile
denoting ability or capacity
From Latin: ilis, bilisSample words for the root ile: hostile, mobile, agile, versatile, facile, fertile, fragile, futile, docile, sterile, volatile, immobile, infertile, mercantile, tactile, ductile, tensile, infantile, virile, febrile, prehensile, puerile, servile, vile, imbecile, senile, nubile. Each word has meanings and examples. Click their buttons to get sentences selected from classic works and modern media.
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| Words of ile |
1 agile 
a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 2 docile
a. obedient; ready and willing to be taught; easily managed or handled
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 4 facile
a. done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 6 fertile
a. rich; fruitful; inventive; creative; intellectually productive
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 9 hostile
a. unfriendly and not liking something; showing the disposition of an enemy
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 10 imbecile
a. without physical strength; feeble; impotent; helpless
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 11 immobile
a. stationary; incapable of moving or of being moved
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 14 mercantile
a. trading; commercial; of or relating to trade or traders
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 15 mobile
a. movable or not fixed; moving or walking around freely
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 16 nubile
a. of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 17 prehensile
a. capable of grasping or holding; having a keen intellect
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 18 puerile
a. childish; belonging to childhood; immature
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 20 servile
a. slavish; suitable to slave or servant; relating to servitude or forced labor
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 21 sterile
a. barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 22 tactile
a. used for feeling; relating to a sense of touch; perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 23 tensile
a. capable of being stretched or extended; ductile
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 24 versatile
a. having many talents; capable of working in many fields
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 25 vile
a. worthless; mean; despicable; depraved by sin; hateful
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 26 virile
a. marked by energy and vigor; manly; able to copulate, as for male
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 27 volatile
a. tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
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