adj, noun, verb ·Common ·Middle school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The relocation of goods uncountable
2. 2
   A causing of a movement countable

   "The rats' movings are willed movements."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of move form-of, gerund, participle, present

Adjective

1. 1
   That moves or move. not-comparable

   "moving pictures"

2. 2
   Causing or evoking deep emotions.

   "'t was a moving letter, very moving!"

Adjective

1. 1
   arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion wordnet
2. 2
   in motion wordnet
3. 3
   used of a series of photographs presented so as to create the illusion of motion wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

affectingmobileoncomingaffectingtouchingabuzz

Antonyms

All antonyms

dancemotionreststatue

Example

More examples

"This song is so moving that it brings tears to my eyes."

Related phrases

earth movingmoving pavementmoving sofa problemself-moving

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.