Synonyms and Antonyms of movement

synonym (synonym of movement)

  • (noun.act)
    motility, motion, move
    a change of position that does not entail a change of location (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    motion, move
    the act of changing location from one place to another (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.event)
    motion
    a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.group)
    front, social movement
    a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals (noun.group)
     
  • (noun.act)
    campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort
    a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.phenomenon)
    apparent motion, apparent movement, motion
    an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object (noun.phenomenon)
     
  • (noun.process)
    bm, bowel movement
    a euphemism for defecation (noun.process)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    drift, trend
    a general tendency to change (as of opinion) (noun.cognition)
     

hypernym (movement IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • a euphemism for defecation (noun.process)
    defecation, laxation, shitting
    the elimination of fecal waste through the anus (noun.process)
     
  • a general tendency to change (as of opinion) (noun.cognition)
    disposition, inclination, tendency
    an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others (noun.cognition)
     
  • a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals (noun.group)
    social group
    people sharing some social relation (noun.group)
     
  • a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata (noun.communication)
    composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music
    a musical work that has been created (noun.communication)
     
  • a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something (noun.event)
    happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent
    an event that happens (noun.event)
     
  • a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end (noun.act)
    venture
    any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome (noun.act)
     
  • an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object (noun.phenomenon)
    optical illusion
    an optical phenomenon that results in a false or deceptive visual impression (noun.phenomenon)
     
  • the act of changing location from one place to another (noun.act)
    change
    the action of changing something (noun.act)
     
  • the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock) (noun.artifact)
    action, action mechanism
    the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism (noun.artifact)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF movement relation)

  • a change of position that does not entail a change of location (noun.act)
    abduction
    (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    adduction
    (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    agitation
    the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    body english
    a motion of the body by a player as if to make an object already propelled go in the desired direction (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    circumduction
    a circular movement of a limb or eye (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    disturbance
    the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    fetal movement, foetal movement
    motion of a fetus within the uterus (usually detected by the 16th week of pregnancy) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    dart, flit
    a sudden quick movement (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    gesture
    motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    headshake, headshaking
    the act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    inclination, inclining
    the act of inclining; bending forward (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    eversion, everting, inversion
    the act of turning inside out (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    inversion, upending
    turning upside down; setting on end (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    jerk, jerking, jolt, saccade
    an abrupt spasmodic movement (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    kick, kicking
    a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    kneel, kneeling
    supporting yourself on your knees (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    lurch, pitch, pitching
    abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    eye movement
    the movement of the eyes (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    opening
    the act of opening something (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    prostration
    the act of assuming a prostrate position (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    reach, reaching, stretch
    the act of physically reaching or thrusting out (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    reciprocation
    alternating back-and-forth movement (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    reclining
    the act of assuming or maintaining a reclining position (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    retraction
    the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    retroflection, retroflexion
    the act of bending backward (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    rotary motion, rotation
    the act of rotating as if on an axis (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    closing, shutting
    the act of closing something (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    sitting
    the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    posing, sitting
    (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    snap
    the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    squat, squatting
    the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    sweep
    a movement in an arc (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    toss
    an abrupt movement (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    quiver, quivering, vibration
    the act of vibrating (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    wave
    a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    flicker, flutter, waver
    the act of moving back and forth (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    standing
    the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    span, straddle
    the act of sitting or standing astride (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    stroke
    a single complete movement (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    squirm, wiggle, wriggle
    the act of wiggling (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    eurhythmics, eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurythmy
    the interpretation in harmonious bodily movements of the rhythm of musical compositions; used to teach musical understanding (noun.act)
     
  • a general tendency to change (as of opinion) (noun.cognition)
    evolutionary trend
    a general direction of evolutionary change (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    gravitation
    a figurative movement toward some attraction (noun.cognition)
     
  • a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals (noun.group)
    fighting french, free french
    a French movement during World War II that was organized in London by Charles de Gaulle to fight for the liberation of France from German control and more.. (noun.group)
     
  • (noun.group)
    art movement, artistic movement
    a group of artists who agree on general principles (noun.group)
     
  • (noun.group)
    boy scouts
    an international (but decentralized) movement started in 1908 in England with the goal of teaching good citizenship to boys (noun.group)
     
  • (noun.group)
    civil rights movement
    movement in the United States beginning in the 1960s and led primarily by Blacks in an effort to establish the civil rights of individual Black citize more.. (noun.group)
     
  • (noun.group)
    common front
    a movement in which several individuals or groups with different interests join together (noun.group)
     
  • (noun.group)
    cultural movement
    a group of people working together to advance certain cultural goals (noun.group)
     
  • (noun.group)
    ecumenism, oecumenism
    a movement promoting union between religions (especially between Christian churches) (noun.group)
     
  • (noun.group)
    falun gong
    a spiritual movement that began in China in the latter half of the 20th century and is based on Buddhist and Taoist teachings and practices (noun.group)
     
  • (noun.group)
    political movement
    a group of people working together to achieve a political goal (noun.group)
     
  • (noun.group)
    reform movement
    a movement intended to bring about social and humanitarian reforms (noun.group)
     
  • (noun.group)
    religious movement
    a movement intended to bring about religious reforms (noun.group)
     
  • (noun.group)
    zionism, zionist movement
    a movement of world Jewry that arose late in the 19th century with the aim of creating a Jewish state in Palestine (noun.group)
     
  • a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata (noun.communication)
    intermezzo
    a short movement coming between the major sections of a symphony (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    scherzo
    a fast movement (usually in triple time) (noun.communication)
     
  • a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something (noun.event)
    crustal movement, tectonic movement
    movement resulting from or causing deformation of the earth's crust (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    approach, approaching
    the event of one object coming closer to another (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    passage, passing
    the motion of one object relative to another (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    deflection, deflexion
    the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    bend, bending
    movement that causes the formation of a curve (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    change of location, travel
    a movement through space that changes the location of something (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    undulation, wave
    (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    jitter
    a small irregular movement (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    periodic motion, periodic movement
    motion that recurs over and over and the period of time required for each recurrence remains the same (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    heave
    (geology) a horizontal dislocation (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    backlash, rebound, recoil, repercussion
    a movement back from an impact (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    kick, recoil
    the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    seek
    the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    squeeze, wring
    a twisting squeeze (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    cam stroke, stroke, throw
    the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    turn, turning
    a movement in a new direction (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    twist, wrench
    a jerky pulling movement (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    undulation
    wavelike motion; a gentle rising and falling in the manner of waves (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    moving ridge, wave
    one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    wobble
    an unsteady rocking motion (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    commotion, whirl
    confused movement (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.phenomenon)
    brownian motion, brownian movement, pedesis
    the random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid (noun.phenomenon)
     
  • a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end (noun.act)
    ad blitz, ad campaign, advertising campaign
    an organized program of advertisements (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    anti-war movement
    a campaign against entering or continuing a war (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    charm campaign
    a campaign of flattery and friendliness (by a company, politician, etc.) to become more popular and gain support (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    consumerism
    a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign
    the campaign of a candidate to be elected (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    fund-raising campaign, fund-raising drive, fund-raising effort
    a campaign to raise money for some cause (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    feminism, feminist movement, women's lib, women's liberation movement
    the movement aimed at equal rights for women (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    gay lib, gay liberation movement
    the movement aimed at liberating homosexuals from legal or social or economic oppression (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    lost cause
    a defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    reform
    a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    war
    a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    youth crusade, youth movement
    political or religious or social reform movement or agitation consisting chiefly of young people (noun.act)
     
  • the act of changing location from one place to another (noun.act)
    approach, approaching, coming
    the act of drawing spatially closer to something (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progress, progression
    the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    locomotion, travel
    self-propelled movement (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    lunge, lurch
    the act of moving forward suddenly (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    travel, traveling, travelling
    the act of going from one place to another (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    chase, following, pursual, pursuit
    the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    ascending, ascension, ascent, rise
    the act of changing location in an upward direction (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    descent
    the act of changing your location in a downward direction (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    swing, swinging, vacillation
    changing location by moving back and forth (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    return
    the act of going back to a prior location (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    coast, glide, slide
    the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    slippage
    failing to hold or slipping out of place (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    flow, stream
    the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    crawl
    a very slow movement (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    hurrying, speed, speeding
    changing location rapidly (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    displacement, translation
    the act of uniform movement (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    shift, shifting
    the act of moving from one place to another (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    haste, hurry, rush, rushing
    the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    maneuver, manoeuvre, play
    a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    migration
    the movement of persons from one country or locality to another (noun.act)
     
  • the act of changing the location of something (noun.act)
    deracination, displacement
    to move something from its natural environment (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    conveyance, transfer, transferral, transport, transportation
    the act of moving something from one location to another (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    insertion, introduction, intromission
    the act of putting one thing into another (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    letting down, lowering
    the act of causing something to move to a lower level (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    transplant, transplantation, transplanting
    the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    troop movement
    movement of military units to a new location (noun.act)
     

part meronym (HAS PART relation)

  • a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata (noun.communication)
    sonata
    a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms (noun.communication)
     
  • the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock) (noun.artifact)
    clock
    a timepiece that shows the time of day (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    ticker, watch
    a small portable timepiece (noun.artifact)
     

derivation (.... is derived from movement)

  • a general tendency to change (as of opinion) (noun.cognition)
    drift
    be subject to fluctuation (verb.change)
     
  • a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end (noun.act)
    aim, drive, get
    move into a desired direction of discourse (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    beat back, drive, force back, push back, repel, repulse
    cause to move back by force or influence (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    drive, force, ram
    force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    drive
    compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.social)
    drive, labor, labour, push, tug
    strive and make an effort to reach a goal (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    agitate, campaign, crusade, fight, press, push
    exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for (verb.social)
     
  • the act of changing location from one place to another (noun.act)
    go, locomote, move, travel
    change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically (verb.motion)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    displace, move
    cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense (verb.motion)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    move
    change residence, affiliation, or place of employment (verb.motion)
     
  • (adj.pert)
    motional
    of or relating to or characterized by motion (adj.pert)
     

domain usage (movement is used in .... domain)

  • a euphemism for defecation (noun.process)
    euphemism
    an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh (noun.communication)
     
synonym hypernym hyponym part meronym derivation domain usage motility motion move front campaign cause change venture action action mechanism disposition inclination approach approaching advance advancement locomotion travel clock ticker watch sonata go locomote displace move motional aim euphemism
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