Antonyms of adj sessile

2 senses of sessile

Sense 1
sessile (vs. vagile) -- (permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about; "sessile marine animals and plants")

vagile (vs. sessile) -- (having freedom to move about; "vagile aquatic animals")
        => free-swimming, unattached -- ((of animals) able to swim about; not attached)

Sense 2
sessile (vs. pedunculate), stalkless -- (attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; "sessile flowers"; "the shell of a sessile barnacle is attached directly to a substrate")

pedunculate (vs. sessile), stalked -- (having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk; "a pedunculate flower"; "a pedunculate barnacle is attached to the substrate by a fleshy foot or stalk")

Similarity of adj sessile

2 senses of sessile

Sense 1
sessile (vs. vagile) -- (permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about; "sessile marine animals and plants")

Sense 2
sessile (vs. pedunculate), stalkless -- (attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; "sessile flowers"; "the shell of a sessile barnacle is attached directly to a substrate")