movement synonyms

movement

n.

  1. The state of moving

    move, transit, passage, progress, journey, advance, velocity, motility, mobility, change, movableness, shift, translation, translating, alteration, ascension, descension, propulsion, flow, flux, action, flight, declination, wandering, journeying, voyaging, migration, emigration, transplanting, evolving, shifting, changing, locomotion, drive, evolution, undertaking, regression.

    Antonyms immobility, quiet, fixity.

  2. An example of movement

    immigration, migration, march, demonstration, crusade, patrol, sweep, emigration, evolution, unrest, transition, change, transfer, displacement, withdrawal, ascension, descension, progression, regression, transportation, removal, departure, trip, day's trip, shift, flight, slip, slide, step, footfall, stride, gesture, act, action, vacating, campaign, mobilization, pilgrimage, expedition, procession, locomotion, cavalcade; see also journey.

  3. A trend

    drift, tendency, bent; see inclination 1.

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