MOVEMENT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of changing location from one place to another
   Synonym(s)
   • motion (what does motion mean?)
   • move (what does move mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • police controlled the motion of the crowd
   • the movement of people from the farms to the cities
   • his move put him directly in my path
   Hypernyms(s) movement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • approach (what does approach mean?)
   • approaching (what does approaching mean?)
   • coming (what does coming mean?)
   • progress (what does progress mean?)
   • progression (what does progression mean?)
   • procession (what does procession mean?)
   • advance (what does advance mean?)
   • advancement (what does advancement mean?)
   • forward motion (what does forward motion mean?)
   • onward motion (what does onward motion mean?)
   • locomotion (what does locomotion mean?)
   • travel (what does travel mean?)
   • lurch (what does lurch mean?)
   • lunge (what does lunge mean?)
   • travel (what does travel mean?)
   • traveling (what does traveling mean?)
   • travelling (what does travelling mean?)
   • pursuit (what does pursuit mean?)
   • chase (what does chase mean?)
   • following (what does following mean?)
   • rise (what does rise mean?)
   • ascent (what does ascent mean?)
   • ascension (what does ascension mean?)
   • ascending (what does ascending mean?)
   • descent (what does descent mean?)
   • swing (what does swing mean?)
   • swinging (what does swinging mean?)
   • vacillation (what does vacillation mean?)
   • return (what does return mean?)
   • slide (what does slide mean?)
   • glide (what does glide mean?)
   • coast (what does coast mean?)
   • slippage (what does slippage mean?)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • stream (what does stream mean?)
   • crawl (what does crawl mean?)
   • speed (what does speed mean?)
   • speeding (what does speeding mean?)
   • hurrying (what does hurrying mean?)
   • translation (what does translation mean?)
   • displacement (what does displacement mean?)
   • shift (what does shift mean?)
   • shifting (what does shifting mean?)
   • haste (what does haste mean?)
   • hurry (what does hurry mean?)
   • rush (what does rush mean?)
   • rushing (what does rushing mean?)
   • maneuver (what does maneuver mean?)
   • manoeuvre (what does manoeuvre mean?)
   • play (what does play mean?)
   • migration (what does migration mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • move (what does move mean?)
   • displace (what does displace mean?)
   • travel (what does travel mean?)
   • go (what does go mean?)
   • move (what does move mean?)
   • locomote (what does locomote mean?)
   • travel (what does travel mean?)
   • go (what does go mean?)
   • move (what does move mean?)
   • locomote (what does locomote mean?)
   • move (what does move mean?)
   • move (what does move mean?)
   • displace (what does displace mean?)
   • travel (what does travel mean?)
   • go (what does go mean?)
   • move (what does move mean?)
   • locomote (what does locomote mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the act of changing the location of something
   Usage Example(s)
   • the movement of cargo onto the vessel
   Hypernyms(s) movement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • displacement (what does displacement mean?)
   • deracination (what does deracination mean?)
   • transportation (what does transportation mean?)
   • transfer (what does transfer mean?)
   • transferral (what does transferral mean?)
   • conveyance (what does conveyance mean?)
   • insertion (what does insertion mean?)
   • introduction (what does introduction mean?)
   • intromission (what does intromission mean?)
   • lowering (what does lowering mean?)
   • letting down (what does letting down mean?)
   • transplant (what does transplant mean?)
   • transplanting (what does transplanting mean?)
   • transplantation (what does transplantation mean?)
   • troop movement (what does troop movement mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • move (what does move mean?)
   • displace (what does displace mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a change of position that does not entail a change of location
   Synonym(s)
   • motility (what does motility mean?)
   • motion (what does motion mean?)
   • move (what does move mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise
   • movement is a sign of life
   • an impatient move of his hand
   • gastrointestinal motility
   Hypernyms(s) movement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • abduction (what does abduction mean?)
   • adduction (what does adduction mean?)
   • agitation (what does agitation mean?)
   • body English (what does body English mean?)
   • circumduction (what does circumduction mean?)
   • disturbance (what does disturbance mean?)
   • fetal movement (what does fetal movement mean?)
   • foetal movement (what does foetal movement mean?)
   • flit (what does flit mean?)
   • dart (what does dart mean?)
   • gesture (what does gesture mean?)
   • headshake (what does headshake mean?)
   • headshaking (what does headshaking mean?)
   • inclination (what does inclination mean?)
   • inclining (what does inclining mean?)
   • inversion (what does inversion mean?)
   • eversion (what does eversion mean?)
   • everting (what does everting mean?)
   • inversion (what does inversion mean?)
   • upending (what does upending mean?)
   • jerk (what does jerk mean?)
   • jerking (what does jerking mean?)
   • jolt (what does jolt mean?)
   • kick (what does kick mean?)
   • kicking (what does kicking mean?)
   • kneel (what does kneel mean?)
   • kneeling (what does kneeling mean?)
   • lurch (what does lurch mean?)
   • pitch (what does pitch mean?)
   • pitching (what does pitching mean?)
   • nystagmus (what does nystagmus mean?)
   • opening (what does opening mean?)
   • prostration (what does prostration mean?)
   • reach (what does reach mean?)
   • reaching (what does reaching mean?)
   • stretch (what does stretch mean?)
   • reciprocation (what does reciprocation mean?)
   • reclining (what does reclining mean?)
   • retraction (what does retraction mean?)
   • retroflection (what does retroflection mean?)
   • retroflexion (what does retroflexion mean?)
   • rotation (what does rotation mean?)
   • rotary motion (what does rotary motion mean?)
   • shutting (what does shutting mean?)
   • closing (what does closing mean?)
   • sitting (what does sitting mean?)
   • sitting (what does sitting mean?)
   • posing (what does posing mean?)
   • snap (what does snap mean?)
   • squat (what does squat mean?)
   • squatting (what does squatting mean?)
   • sweep (what does sweep mean?)
   • toss (what does toss mean?)
   • vibration (what does vibration mean?)
   • quiver (what does quiver mean?)
   • quivering (what does quivering mean?)
   • wave (what does wave mean?)
   • waver (what does waver mean?)
   • flutter (what does flutter mean?)
   • flicker (what does flicker mean?)
   • standing (what does standing mean?)
   • straddle (what does straddle mean?)
   • span (what does span mean?)
   • stroke (what does stroke mean?)
   • wiggle (what does wiggle mean?)
   • wriggle (what does wriggle mean?)
   • squirm (what does squirm mean?)
   • eurythmy (what does eurythmy mean?)
   • eurhythmy (what does eurhythmy mean?)
   • eurythmics (what does eurythmics mean?)
   • eurhythmics (what does eurhythmics mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • move (what does move mean?)
   • move (what does move mean?)
   • move (what does move mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
   Synonym(s)
   • campaign (what does campaign mean?)
   • cause (what does cause mean?)
   • crusade (what does crusade mean?)
   • drive (what does drive mean?)
   • effort (what does effort mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he supported populist campaigns
   • they worked in the cause of world peace
   • the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant
   • the movement to end slavery
   • contributed to
   Hypernyms(s) movement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • venture (what does venture mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • advertising campaign (what does advertising campaign mean?)
   • ad campaign (what does ad campaign mean?)
   • ad blitz (what does ad blitz mean?)
   • anti-war movement (what does anti-war movement mean?)
   • consumerism (what does consumerism mean?)
   • campaigning (what does campaigning mean?)
   • candidacy (what does candidacy mean?)
   • candidature (what does candidature mean?)
   • electioneering (what does electioneering mean?)
   • political campaign (what does political campaign mean?)
   • ecumenical movement (what does ecumenical movement mean?)
   • fund-raising campaign (what does fund-raising campaign mean?)
   • fund-raising drive (what does fund-raising drive mean?)
   • fund-raising effort (what does fund-raising effort mean?)
   • feminist movement (what does feminist movement mean?)
   • feminism (what does feminism mean?)
   • women’s liberation movement (what does women’s liberation movement mean?)
   • women’s lib (what does women’s lib mean?)
   • gay liberation movement (what does gay liberation movement mean?)
   • gay lib (what does gay lib mean?)
   • lost cause (what does lost cause mean?)
   • reform (what does reform mean?)
   • war (what does war mean?)
   • youth movement (what does youth movement mean?)
   • youth crusade (what does youth crusade mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • drive (what does drive mean?)
   • get (what does get mean?)
   • aim (what does aim mean?)
   • tug (what does tug mean?)
   • labor (what does labor mean?)
   • labour (what does labour mean?)
   • push (what does push mean?)
   • drive (what does drive mean?)
   • drive (what does drive mean?)
   • repel (what does repel mean?)
   • drive (what does drive mean?)
   • repulse (what does repulse mean?)
   • force back (what does force back mean?)
   • push back (what does push back mean?)
   • beat back (what does beat back mean?)
   • force (what does force mean?)
   • drive (what does drive mean?)
   • ram (what does ram mean?)
   • crusade (what does crusade mean?)
   • fight (what does fight mean?)
   • press (what does press mean?)
   • campaign (what does campaign mean?)
   • push (what does push mean?)
   • agitate (what does agitate mean?)
   • crusade (what does crusade mean?)
   • fight (what does fight mean?)
   • press (what does press mean?)
   • campaign (what does campaign mean?)
   • push (what does push mean?)
   • agitate (what does agitate mean?)
5. Meaning
   • the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)
   Usage Example(s)
   • it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement
   Hypernyms(s) movement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • action (what does action mean?)
   • action mechanism (what does action mechanism mean?)
6. Meaning
   • a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
   Synonym(s)
   • drift (what does drift mean?)
   • trend (what does trend mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book
   • a broad movement of the electorate to the right
   Hypernyms(s) movement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • inclination (what does inclination mean?)
   • disposition (what does disposition mean?)
   • tendency (what does tendency mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • evolutionary trend (what does evolutionary trend mean?)
   • gravitation (what does gravitation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • drive (what does drive mean?)
   • get (what does get mean?)
   • aim (what does aim mean?)
   • drift (what does drift mean?)
7. Meaning
   • a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata
   Usage Example(s)
   • the second movement is slow and melodic
   Hypernyms(s) movement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • musical composition (what does musical composition mean?)
   • opus (what does opus mean?)
   • composition (what does composition mean?)
   • piece (what does piece mean?)
   • piece of music (what does piece of music mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • intermezzo (what does intermezzo mean?)
   • scherzo (what does scherzo mean?)
8. Meaning
   • a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
   Synonym(s)
   • motion (what does motion mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) movement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • happening (what does happening mean?)
   • occurrence (what does occurrence mean?)
   • natural event (what does natural event mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • crustal movement (what does crustal movement mean?)
   • tectonic movement (what does tectonic movement mean?)
   • approach (what does approach mean?)
   • approaching (what does approaching mean?)
   • passing (what does passing mean?)
   • passage (what does passage mean?)
   • deflection (what does deflection mean?)
   • deflexion (what does deflexion mean?)
   • bending (what does bending mean?)
   • bend (what does bend mean?)
   • change of location (what does change of location mean?)
   • travel (what does travel mean?)
   • wave (what does wave mean?)
   • undulation (what does undulation mean?)
   • periodic motion (what does periodic motion mean?)
   • periodic movement (what does periodic movement mean?)
   • heave (what does heave mean?)
   • recoil (what does recoil mean?)
   • repercussion (what does repercussion mean?)
   • rebound (what does rebound mean?)
   • backlash (what does backlash mean?)
   • recoil (what does recoil mean?)
   • kick (what does kick mean?)
   • seek (what does seek mean?)
   • squeeze (what does squeeze mean?)
   • wring (what does wring mean?)
   • throw (what does throw mean?)
   • stroke (what does stroke mean?)
   • cam stroke (what does cam stroke mean?)
   • turning (what does turning mean?)
   • turn (what does turn mean?)
   • twist (what does twist mean?)
   • wrench (what does wrench mean?)
   • undulation (what does undulation mean?)
   • wave (what does wave mean?)
   • moving ridge (what does moving ridge mean?)
   • wobble (what does wobble mean?)
   • whirl (what does whirl mean?)
   • commotion (what does commotion mean?)
   • Brownian movement (what does Brownian movement mean?)
   • Brownian motion (what does Brownian motion mean?)
   • pedesis (what does pedesis mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • travel (what does travel mean?)
   • go (what does go mean?)
   • move (what does move mean?)
   • locomote (what does locomote mean?)
9. Meaning
   • a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
   Synonym(s)
   • front (what does front mean?)
   • social movement (what does social movement mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he was a charter member of the movement
   • politicians have to respect a mass movement
   • he led the national liberation front
   Hypernyms(s) movement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • social group (what does social group mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Free French (what does Free French mean?)
   • Fighting French (what does Fighting French mean?)
   • artistic movement (what does artistic movement mean?)
   • art movement (what does art movement mean?)
   • Boy Scouts (what does Boy Scouts mean?)
   • Civil Rights movement (what does Civil Rights movement mean?)
   • common front (what does common front mean?)
   • cultural movement (what does cultural movement mean?)
   • falun gong (what does falun gong mean?)
   • political movement (what does political movement mean?)
   • reform movement (what does reform movement mean?)
   • religious movement (what does religious movement mean?)
   • Zionism (what does Zionism mean?)
   • Zionist movement (what does Zionist movement mean?)
10. Meaning
    • an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
    Synonym(s)
    • apparent motion (what does apparent motion mean?)
    • apparent movement (what does apparent movement mean?)
    • motion (what does motion mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • the cinema relies on apparent motion
    • the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement
    Hypernyms(s) movement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
    • optical illusion (what does optical illusion mean?)
11. Meaning
    • a euphemism for defecation
    Synonym(s)
    • bm (what does bm mean?)
    • bowel movement (what does bowel movement mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • he had a bowel movement
    Hypernyms(s) movement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
    • defecation (what does defecation mean?)
    • laxation (what does laxation mean?)
    • shitting (what does shitting mean?)