Movement

//ˈmuːv.mənt//

Synonyms for "movement" (484 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (97)

motion bowel movement campaign drift accent accentuation act action activeness activism activity actuation advance age group alexandrine american amotion amphibious operations amphibrach amphimacer

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Noun(7 words)

motion apparent motion apparent movement bm bowel movement campaign cause

Strong matches (145)

company complement complication contingent continuity contrivance coprolite coprolith corps coterie counterpoint course covey cow chips cow flops cow pats crap cretic crew crossing

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crowd crusade current dactyl dactylic hexameter dactylology deaf-and-dumb alphabet decline decrease deed defecation dejection delocalization denouement design detachment detail development device diaeresis diarrhea dimeter dingleberry dipody direction displacement division dochmiac doings drive drive train droppings dry run dumb show dung dutch dynamics dynamism dysentery eclectic elegiac elegiac couplet elegiac pentameter emphasis episode epitrite evacuation exercise exposition fable faction faith falderal falling action feces feculence feminine caesura figure fleet flemish flicker flow fluid operations flux folderol fontainebleau foot french front gang gear gears genre gesticulation gesture gesture language gimmick glacial movement globe-trotting going goings on goings-on grass-roots movement great cause ground swell group grouping groupment groups guano hand signal harmonic close heptameter heptapody heroic couplet hexameter hexapody hustle iamb iambic iambic pentameter ictus in-group incident increase incursion ingroup innards interest interlude intermezzo introductory phrase ionic issue italian jakes jingle joint operation journeying

Noun(6 words)

crusade drift drive effort front incursion

Related words (242)

junta kinematics kinesics kinesipathy kinesis kinesitherapy kinetics lientery lifework lilt line lines local color locomotion logistics loose bowels machinery main current mainstream maneuver

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maneuvers mannerist manure masculine caesura mass movement measure mechanism meter metrical accent metrical foot metrical group metrical unit metrics metron migration milanese militancy military operations minor operations mission mob mobilization modenese molossus momentum mood mora motif motivation move movements moving musical phrase musical sentence mythos neapolitan new york night soil number numbers operation operations ordure ornament out group out-group outfit overseas operations pack paduan paeon pantomime parisian part party passage peer group pencil pentameter pentapody period peripeteia phalanx phases phrase plan platoon play plein-air plot poise political activism political front popular front pose posse posture power train pre-raphaelite principle proceedings proceleusmatic progress prosody purgation purge pyrrhic quantity raphaelite reason for being recognition reflex refrain regiment relocation remotion removal removement resolution response restany restlessness rhythm rhythmic pattern rising action ritornello roman run running runs salon scheme school scottish secondary plot section servomechanism set sewage sewerage shift shit shits shrug sienese sign sign language signal slant spondee sprung rhythm spur squad stable staff work stance stanza statement step stir stirring stool story strain stream stress string stroke structure style subject subplot suprematism swing switch syzygy tailpiece team tendency tenor tetrameter tetrapody tetraseme the general tendency the grand style the main course the ten thematic development theme thesis time spirit tone topic touch tourism touristry traffic traject trajet transfer transit translation transmission travel traveling trend tribe tribrach trimeter tripody triseme trochee troop trots troupe turd turistas tuscan tutti tutti passage twist umbrian unrest variation velocity venetian verse voidance war game war plans washington watchworks wheels wheels within wheels wing workings works zeitgeist

Noun(4 words)

motility move social movement trend

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

12 relation types

More general

21 entries

action action mechanism change composition defecation disposition happening inclination laxation musical composition natural event occurrence occurrent optical illusion opus piece

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Antonyms

1 entries

stasis

Synonyms

5 entries

apparent motion bowel movement campaign drift motion

Related terms

5 entries

The Movement speed symphony vector velocity

causes desire

1 entries

maintain muscle strength

defined as

1 entries

act or process of moving

derived

54 entries

A-movement Brownian movement Howell movement Jesus movement Mitchell movement Oxford movement Protestant Movement aftermovement aircraft movement antimovement art movement beta movement bowel movement camera movement choreiform movement civil rights movement

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derived from

1 entries

move

has context

4 entries

aviation baseball engineering music

is a

9 entries

action animation in it's purest form change happening movement or shape change musical composition physical event social group transfer

part of

3 entries

clock sonata watch

related to

19 entries

aircraft ballistic composition deviation emotion impression mechanism motion move physical pitch speed symphony system trend vector

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Translations

237 translations across 102 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

lëvizje noun (physical motion)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

κίνησις noun (physical motion)

Antillean Creole

3 entries

mouvman noun (physical motion)
mouvman noun (trend in various fields or social categories)
mouvman noun (music: division of a larger musical composition)

Arabic

2 entries

حَرَكَة noun (physical motion)
حَرَكَة noun (trend in various fields or social categories)

Armenian

3 entries

շարժ noun (physical motion)
շարժում noun (physical motion)
շարժում noun (trend in various fields or social categories)

Asturian

1 entries

movimientu noun (physical motion)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

hərəkat noun (trend in various fields or social categories)
hərəkət noun (physical motion)

Bashkir

2 entries

хәрәкәт noun (physical motion)
хәрәкәт noun (trend in various fields or social categories)

Basque

1 entries

mugimendu noun (physical motion)

Belarusian

1 entries

рух noun (physical motion)

Bengali

1 entries

গতি noun (physical motion)

Breton

1 entries

luskad noun (physical motion)

Bulgarian

2 entries

движе́ние noun (physical motion)
движе́ние noun (trend in various fields or social categories)

Burmese

1 entries

အသွားအလာ noun (physical motion)

Catalan

2 entries

moviment noun (physical motion)
moviment noun (trend in various fields or social categories)

Central Kurdish

3 entries

بزووتنەوە noun (physical motion)
جوولانەوە noun (physical motion)
حەرەکەت noun (physical motion)

Chinese

1 entries

運動 /运动 noun (physical motion)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

運動 /运动 noun (physical motion)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

樂章 /乐章 noun (music: division of a larger musical composition)
運動 /运动 noun (physical motion)
運動 /运动 noun (trend in various fields or social categories)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

areket noun (physical motion)

Czech

4 entries

hnutí noun (physical motion)
hnutí noun (trend in various fields or social categories)
pohyb noun (physical motion)
věta noun (music: division of a larger musical composition)

Danish

3 entries

bevægelse noun (physical motion)
bevægelse noun (trend in various fields or social categories)
sats noun (music: division of a larger musical composition)

Dutch

4 entries

beweging noun (physical motion)
beweging noun (impression of motion)
beweging noun (trend in various fields or social categories)
deel noun (music: division of a larger musical composition)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries

運動 /运动 noun (physical motion)

Esperanto

2 entries

movado noun (trend in various fields or social categories)
moviĝo noun (physical motion)

Estonian

1 entries

liikumine noun (physical motion)

Faroese

1 entries

satsur noun (music: division of a larger musical composition)

Finnish

4 entries

kulku noun (physical motion)
liikahdus noun (physical motion)
liike noun (physical motion)
liike noun (trend in various fields or social categories)

French

3 entries

mouvement noun (physical motion)
mouvement noun (trend in various fields or social categories)
mouvement noun (music: division of a larger musical composition)

Friulian

1 entries

moviment noun (physical motion)

Galician

2 entries

movemento noun (physical motion)
movemento noun (trend in various fields or social categories)

Georgian

2 entries

მოძრაობა noun (physical motion)
მოძრაობა noun (trend in various fields or social categories)

German

3 entries

Bewegung noun (physical motion)
Bewegung noun (trend in various fields or social categories)
Satz noun (music: division of a larger musical composition)

Greek

3 entries

κίνημα noun (trend in various fields or social categories)
κίνηση noun (physical motion)
μέρος noun (music: division of a larger musical composition)

Haitian Creole

2 entries

mouvman noun (physical motion)
mouvman noun (trend in various fields or social categories)

Hebrew

4 entries

מָנוֹד noun (physical motion)
מהלך noun (physical motion)
נִיד noun (physical motion)
תְּזוּזָה noun (physical motion)

Hindi

4 entries

आंदोलन noun (physical motion)
आंदोलन noun (trend in various fields or social categories)
गति noun (physical motion)
हरकत noun (physical motion)

Hungarian

3 entries

mozgalom noun (trend in various fields or social categories)
mozgás noun (physical motion)
tétel noun (music: division of a larger musical composition)

Icelandic

1 entries

hreyfing noun (physical motion)

Indonesian

2 entries

gerakan noun (physical motion)
pergerakan noun (physical motion)

Ingrian

1 entries

liikkumiin noun (physical motion)

Iranian Persian

4 entries

جُنْبِش noun (physical motion)
حَرَکَت noun (physical motion)
رَوِش noun (physical motion)
نَهْضَت noun (physical motion)

Irish

1 entries

corraí noun (physical motion)

Italian

3 entries

movimento noun (physical motion)
movimento noun (trend in various fields or social categories)
movimento noun (music: division of a larger musical composition)

Japanese

4 entries

動き noun (physical motion)
楽章 noun (music: division of a larger musical composition)
運動 noun (physical motion)
運動 noun (trend in various fields or social categories)

Javanese

2 entries

obahan noun (physical motion)
obahan noun (trend in various fields or social categories)

Kannada

1 entries

ಚಳುವಳಿ noun (trend in various fields or social categories)

Kazakh

2 entries

қимыл noun (physical motion)
қозғалыс noun (physical motion)

Khmer

2 entries

ចលនា noun (physical motion)
ដំណើរ noun (physical motion)

Korean

4 entries

악장 noun (music: division of a larger musical composition)
운동 noun (physical motion)
운동 noun (trend in various fields or social categories)
움직임 noun (physical motion)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

аракет noun (physical motion)
кыймыл noun (physical motion)

Lao

1 entries

ການເຄື່ອນໄຫວ noun (physical motion)

Latin

2 entries

mōtus noun (physical motion)
mōtus noun (trend in various fields or social categories)

Latvian

2 entries

kustība noun (physical motion)
kustība noun (trend in various fields or social categories)

Lithuanian

2 entries

judėjimas noun (physical motion)
sąjūdis noun (trend in various fields or social categories)

Macedonian

1 entries

движење noun (physical motion)

Malay

1 entries

pergerakan noun (physical motion)

Malayalam

3 entries

അനക്കം noun (physical motion)
ചലനം noun (physical motion)
പ്രസ്ഥാനം noun (trend in various fields or social categories)

Marathi

2 entries

चळवळ noun (trend in various fields or social categories)
हालचाल noun (physical motion)

Mongolian

1 entries

хөдөлгөөн noun (physical motion)

Māori

4 entries

keuenga noun (physical motion)
korikoringa noun (physical motion)
koringa noun (physical motion)
rangatohe noun (trend in various fields or social categories)

Nahuatl

1 entries

ollin noun (physical motion)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

livîn noun (physical motion)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

bevegelse noun (physical motion)
bevegelse noun (trend in various fields or social categories)
flytting noun (physical motion)
sats noun (music: division of a larger musical composition)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries

bevegelse noun (physical motion)
bevegelse noun (trend in various fields or social categories)
flytting noun (physical motion)
sats noun (music: division of a larger musical composition)

Occitan

2 entries

movement noun (physical motion)
movement noun (trend in various fields or social categories)

Old English

1 entries

styring noun (physical motion)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

حركت noun (physical motion)

Pashto

1 entries

حرکت noun (physical motion)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Bewäajunk noun (physical motion)

Polish

2 entries

ruch noun (physical motion)
ruch noun (trend in various fields or social categories)

Portuguese

4 entries

andamento noun (music: division of a larger musical composition)
movimento noun (physical motion)
movimento noun (trend in various fields or social categories)
movimento noun (music: division of a larger musical composition)

Romanian

3 entries

mișcare noun (physical motion)
mișcare noun (trend in various fields or social categories)
mișcare noun (music: division of a larger musical composition)

Romansch

3 entries

movimaint noun (physical motion)
moviment noun (physical motion)
muvimaint noun (physical motion)

Russian

3 entries

движе́ние noun (physical motion)
движе́ние noun (trend in various fields or social categories)
часть noun (music: division of a larger musical composition)

Sanskrit

1 entries

गति noun (physical motion)

Sardinian

4 entries

moghimentu noun (physical motion)
moimentu noun (physical motion)
movimentu noun (physical motion)
muimentu noun (physical motion)

Scots

2 entries

muvement noun (physical motion)
muvement noun (trend in various fields or social categories)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

gluasad noun (physical motion)
gluasad noun (impression of motion)
gluasad noun (trend in various fields or social categories)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

gíbānje noun (physical motion)
krétānje noun (physical motion)
pȍkrēt noun (trend in various fields or social categories)
stȁvak noun (music: division of a larger musical composition)

Sicilian

3 entries

movimentu noun (physical motion)
muvimentu noun (physical motion)
muvumentu noun (physical motion)

Slovak

3 entries

hnutie noun (physical motion)
hnutie noun (trend in various fields or social categories)
pohyb noun (physical motion)

Slovene

4 entries

gibanje noun (physical motion)
gibanje noun (trend in various fields or social categories)
premik noun (physical motion)
premikanje noun (physical motion)

Southern Altai

1 entries

кыймык noun (physical motion)

Spanish

4 entries

movición noun (physical motion)
movimiento noun (physical motion)
movimiento noun (trend in various fields or social categories)
movimiento noun (music: division of a larger musical composition)

Swahili

2 entries

harakati noun (trend in various fields or social categories)
peleka noun (physical motion)

Swedish

4 entries

defekation noun (an act of emptying the bowels)
rörelse noun (physical motion)
rörelse noun (trend in various fields or social categories)
sats noun (music: division of a larger musical composition)

Tajik

3 entries

наҳзат noun (physical motion)
ҳаракат noun (physical motion)
ҷунбиш noun (physical motion)

Tamil

3 entries

அசைவு noun (physical motion)
இயக்கம் noun (trend in various fields or social categories)
நகர்வு noun (physical motion)

Tatar

1 entries

хәрәкәт noun (physical motion)

Thai

2 entries

การเคลื่อนไหว noun (trend in various fields or social categories)
ความเคลื่อนไหว noun (physical motion)

Turkish

1 entries

hareket noun (physical motion)

Turkmen

1 entries

hereket noun (physical motion)

Ukrainian

4 entries

перемі́щення noun (physical motion)
пересува́ння noun (physical motion)
рух noun (physical motion)
рух noun (trend in various fields or social categories)

Urdu

3 entries

تَحْرِیک noun (physical motion)
جُن٘بِش noun (physical motion)
حَرَکَت noun (physical motion)

Uyghur

1 entries

ھەرىكەت noun (physical motion)

Uzbek

1 entries

harakat noun (physical motion)

Vietnamese

2 entries

cử động noun (physical motion)
phong trào noun (trend in various fields or social categories)

Walloon

1 entries

mouvmint noun (physical motion)

Wu Chinese

1 entries

運動 /运动 noun (physical motion)

Yiddish

3 entries

באַוועגונג noun (physical motion)
באַוועגונג noun (trend in various fields or social categories)
ריכטונג noun (trend in various fields or social categories)

Zazaki

3 entries

hereket noun (physical motion)
hereket noun (trend in various fields or social categories)
luyayış noun (physical motion)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The formation and movement of hurricanes are capricious, even with our present-day technology.

Source: tatoeba (1905)

Your son took part in the student movement, I hear.

Source: tatoeba (17005)

Within the rape crisis movement, Greensite's dissent is significant.

Source: tatoeba (29543)

Squirrels are quick of movement.

Source: tatoeba (29688)

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