Synonyms: 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
Similar words: change
Definition: the action of changing something
Usage: the change of government had no impact on the economy; his change on abortion cost him the election
Synonyms: movement
Definition: the act of changing the location of something
Usage: the movement of cargo onto the vessel
Similar words: change
Definition: the action of changing something
Usage: the change of government had no impact on the economy; his change on abortion cost him the election
Synonyms: motility, motion, move, movement
Definition: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
Usage: the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise; movement is a sign of life; an impatient move of his hand; gastrointestinal motility
Similar words: change
Definition: the action of changing something
Usage: the change of government had no impact on the economy; his change on abortion cost him the election
Synonyms: movement, campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort
Definition: a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
Usage: he supported populist campaigns; they worked in the cause of world peace; the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant; the movement to end slavery; contributed to the war effort
Similar words: venture
Definition: any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
Synonyms: movement
Definition: the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)
Usage: it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement
Similar words: action, action mechanism
Definition: the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism
Usage: the piano had a very stiff action
Synonyms: trend, movement, drift
Definition: a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
Usage: not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book; a broad movement of the electorate to the right
Similar words: inclination, disposition, tendency
Definition: an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
Usage: he had an inclination to give up too easily; a tendency to be too strict
Synonyms: movement
Definition: a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata
Usage: the second movement is slow and melodic
Similar words: piece, piece of music, opus, musical composition, composition
Definition: a musical work that has been created
Usage: the composition is written in four movements
Definition: a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
Similar words: natural event, occurrence, occurrent, happening
Definition: an event that happens
Synonyms: social movement, movement, front
Definition: a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
Usage: he was a charter member of the movement; politicians have to respect a mass movement; he led the national liberation front
Similar words: social group
Definition: people sharing some social relation
Synonyms: apparent motion, apparent movement, motion, movement
Definition: an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
Usage: the cinema relies on apparent motion; the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement
Similar words: optical illusion
Definition: an optical phenomenon that results in a false or deceptive visual impression
Synonyms: bm, bowel movement, movement
Definition: a euphemism for defecation
Usage: he had a bowel movement
Similar words: defecation, shitting, laxation
Definition: the elimination of fecal waste through the anus