Synonyms for procession

Synonyms for (noun) procession

Synonyms: forward motion, procession, progress, progression, onward motion, advance, advancement

Definition: the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

Similar words: motion, move, movement

Definition: the act of changing location from one place to another

Usage: police controlled the motion of the crowd; the movement of people from the farms to the cities; his move put him directly in my path


Synonyms: procession

Definition: the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation

Usage: processions were forbidden

Similar words: group action

Definition: action taken by a group of people


Similar words: aggregation, accumulation, assemblage, collection

Definition: several things grouped together or considered as a whole


Synonyms: procession, rise, emanation

Definition: (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

Usage: the emanation of the Holy Spirit; the rising of the Holy Ghost; the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son

Similar words: origin, origination, inception

Definition: an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events


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