1. (noun)gesture, motion the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals Synonyms: move, gesture, apparent motion, movement, motility, apparent movement, motion, question Antonyms: motionlessness, stillness, lifelessness
2. (noun)movement, motion a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something Synonyms: apparent motion, bm, bowel movement, crusade, drive, effort, front, move, question, movement, campaign, drift, apparent movement, trend, gesture, motion, cause, social movement, motility Antonyms: lifelessness, motionlessness, stillness
3. (noun)motion, movement, move, motility a change of position that does not entail a change of location Synonyms: apparent motion, bm, bowel movement, crusade, drive, relocation, effort, front, move, question, movement, campaign, drift, apparent movement, trend, gesture, motion, cause, social movement, motility Antonyms: lifelessness, motionlessness, stillness
4. (noun)motion a state of change Synonyms: gesture, apparent motion, apparent movement, question, motility, move, movement Antonyms: motionlessness, stillness, lifelessness
5. (noun)motion, question a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote Synonyms: interrogative sentence, dubiousness, doubtfulness, enquiry, motility, inquiry, apparent motion, question, movement, interrogation, query, apparent movement, gesture, motion, move, interrogative, head, doubt Antonyms: stillness, motionlessness, lifelessness
6. (noun)motion, movement, move the act of changing location from one place to another Synonyms: apparent motion, bm, bowel movement, crusade, drive, relocation, effort, front, move, question, movement, campaign, drift, apparent movement, trend, gesture, motion, cause, social movement, motility Antonyms: stillness, lifelessness, motionlessness
7. (verb)apparent motion, motion, apparent movement, movement an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object Synonyms: apparent motion, bm, bowel movement, crusade, drive, effort, front, move, question, movement, campaign, drift, apparent movement, trend, gesture, motion, cause, social movement, motility Antonyms: stillness, motionlessness, lifelessness
8. (verb)gesticulate, gesture, motion show, express or direct through movement Synonyms: gesture, gesticulate, motion Antonyms: stillness, motionlessness, lifelessness
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'motion'
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1. motion An act is strictly and originally something accomplished by an exercise of power, in which sense it is synonymous with deed or effect. Action is a doing. Act is therefore single, individu Synonyms: act, accomplishment, execution, movement, achievement, exercise, operation, action, exertion, performance, consummation, exploit, proceeding, deed, feat, transaction, doing, motion, work, effect Antonyms: cessation, immobility, inertia, quiet, suffering, deliberation, inaction, passion, [A] repose, suspension, endurance, inactivity, quiescence, rest
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