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1. movement
noun. ['ˈmuːvmənt'] a change of position that does not entail a change of location.
Synonyms
- adduction
- headshaking
- sweep
- eurythmics
- retroflection
- fetal movement
- standing
- motility
- wave
- jerking
- eversion
- saccade
- gesture
- reciprocation
- prostration
- inclining
- everting
- shutting
- circumduction
- quiver
- squatting
- toss
- wiggle
- motion
- kneel
- stroke
- wriggle
- squirm
- change
- lurch
- eurhythmics
- retraction
- move
- pitch
- straddle
- squat
- upending
- reclining
- jolt
- kneeling
- kicking
- body English
- inversion
- inclination
- jerk
- closing
- waver
- sitting
- flutter
- foetal movement
- pitching
- disturbance
- opening
- retroflexion
- rotation
- rotary motion
- quivering
- reach
- headshake
- flicker
- dart
- eurythmy
- kick
- abduction
- stretch
- span
- vibration
- eye movement
- flit
- eurhythmy
- posing
- reaching
- agitation
Antonyms
Etymology
- movement (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- movimentum (Latin)
Rhymes with Movement
- self-improvement
- improvement
Sentences with movement
1. Noun, singular or mass
Initiate the movement with the part of your body nearest the direction of the movement.
Quotes about movement
1. Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time.
- Karl Marx
2. If you look at the game and everything, it's not quite like looking at an animated film, because that's total character. This, this is really movement, but it's got funny little things if you look for the humor. They're actually getting to the character.
- Don Bluth
3. There hasn't been anything real since grunge. That was the last movement led by music or an art form.
- Daphne Guinness
2. movement
noun. ['ˈmuːvmənt'] the act of changing location from one place to another.
Synonyms
- approach
- advancement
- locomotion
- forward motion
- onward motion
- descent
- displacement
- maneuver
- lunge
- ascension
- procession
- hurry
- migration
- speed
- slippage
- approaching
- motion
- change
- lurch
- return
- ascent
- slide
- move
- vacillation
- traveling
- following
- crawl
- progression
- swing
- progress
- swinging
- shift
- rush
- play
- ascending
- coming
- coast
- pursuit
- stream
- manoeuvre
- translation
- shifting
- flow
- haste
- rushing
- pursual
- speeding
- rise
- hurrying
- travel
- travelling
- chase
- advance
Antonyms
Etymology
- movement (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- movimentum (Latin)
3. movement
noun. ['ˈmuːvmənt'] a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something.
Synonyms
- recoil
- occurrence
- repercussion
- tectonic movement
- wave
- pedesis
- throw
- approaching
- turning
- whirl
- squeeze
- motion
- stroke
- seek
- jitter
- commotion
- periodic motion
- Brownian movement
- occurrent
- rebound
- bend
- bending
- crustal movement
- deflection
- Brownian motion
- natural event
- passage
- backlash
- deflexion
- heave
- happening
- kick
- twist
- passing
- cam stroke
- wrench
- moving ridge
- change of location
- wring
- wobble
- turn
- travel
- undulation
- periodic movement
Antonyms
Etymology
- movement (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- movimentum (Latin)
4. movement
noun. ['ˈmuːvmənt'] a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- movement (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- movimentum (Latin)
5. movement
noun. ['ˈmuːvmənt'] a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end.
Synonyms
- anti-war movement
- campaigning
- drive
- ad blitz
- war
- candidacy
- ad campaign
- gay liberation movement
- youth movement
- effort
- fund-raising campaign
- fund-raising effort
- gay lib
- candidature
- women's liberation movement
- reform
- fund-raising drive
- women's lib
- crusade
- advertising campaign
- consumerism
- campaign
- feminism
- lost cause
- feminist movement
- cause
- political campaign
- venture
- charm campaign
- youth crusade
Antonyms
Etymology
- movement (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- movimentum (Latin)
6. movement
noun. ['ˈmuːvmənt'] a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- movement (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- movimentum (Latin)
7. movement
noun. ['ˈmuːvmənt'] an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object.
Etymology
- movement (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- movimentum (Latin)
8. movement
noun. ['ˈmuːvmənt'] a general tendency to change (as of opinion).
Antonyms
Etymology
- movement (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- movimentum (Latin)
9. movement
noun. ['ˈmuːvmənt'] the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock).
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- movement (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- movimentum (Latin)