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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'movement'

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1. (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

2. (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

3. (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

4. (noun) movement, social movement, front
a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
Synonyms: front man, straw man, apparent motion, bm, bowel movement, battlefront, crusade, drive, effort, front, move, movement, campaign, presence, drift, front line, apparent movement, figurehead, trend, nominal head, motion, cause, social movement, front end, strawman, motility, forepart

5. (noun) movement
a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata
Synonyms: trend, move, social movement, bm, drive, cause, crusade, motility, effort, apparent movement, motion, campaign, bowel movement, apparent motion, drift, front

6. (noun) campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
Synonyms: political campaign, motility, driveway, thrust, exertion, case, reason, movement, apparent motion, private road, exploit, elbow grease, motion, attempt, causal agent, driving force, move, apparent movement, grounds, front, bowel movement, driving, cause, bm, causa, military campaign, travail, crusade, trend, feat, endeavour, drive, parkway, social movement, sweat, safari, ride, run, campaign, drift, try, hunting expedition, effort, causal agency, lawsuit, endeavor, suit

7. (noun) 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

8. (noun) bowel movement, movement, bm
a euphemism for defecation
Synonyms: apparent motion, bm, fecal matter, bowel movement, crusade, drive, ordure, effort, front, move, movement, faecal matter, campaign, drift, apparent movement, trend, faeces, motion, cause, social movement, dejection, feces, stool, motility

9. (noun) drift, trend, movement
a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
Synonyms: impulsion, apparent motion, bm, effort, vogue, front, purport, trend, drive, tendency, gallery, move, movement, campaign, style, drift, apparent movement, motion, cause, social movement, bowel movement, impetus, crusade, motility, course, heading

10. (noun) movement
the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)
Synonyms: trend, move, social movement, bm, drive, cause, crusade, motility, effort, apparent movement, motion, campaign, bowel movement, apparent motion, drift, front

11. (noun) movement
the act of changing the location of something
Synonyms: trend, move, social movement, bm, drive, cause, crusade, motility, effort, apparent movement, motion, campaign, bowel movement, apparent motion, drift, front

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'movement'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

1. movement
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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