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move - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: move
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: progress, deed
Synonyms: act, action, alteration, change, maneuver, measure, modification, motion, movement, ploy, procedure, proceeding, shift, step, stir, stirring, stratagem, stroke, turn, variation
Antonyms: idleness, inaction, stagnation, inactivity, regression
Main Entry: move
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be in motion, put in motion
Synonyms: actuate, advance, blow, budge, bustle, carry, change, climb, crawl, cross, depart, dislocate, disturb, drift, drive, exit, flow, fly, get off, glide, go, hurry, impel, jump, leap, leave, march, migrate, position, proceed, progress, propel, pull out, push, quit, remove, roll, run, scram, shift, ship, shove, split, stir, switch, take off, transfer, transport, transpose, travel, traverse, walk, withdraw, get away, get going, go away, head for, locomote, off-load, relocate, skip out
Antonyms: fix, pause, remain, stay, stop
Main Entry: move
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: motivate, influence
Synonyms: activate, actuate, advocate, affect, agitate, bring, bring up, budge, carry, cause, convert, draw up, drive, excite, impel, impress, incite, induce, inspire, instigate, introduce, lead, operate, persuade, prompt, propel, propose, push, quicken, recommend, rouse, shift, shove, start, stimulate, stir, strike, submit, suggest, sway, touch, turn, urge, get going, give rise to, inspirit, play on, prevail upon, put forward, tug at, work on
Antonyms: discourage, dishearten, dissuade
Main Entry: activate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: initiate something; start a function
Synonyms: actuate, arouse, energize, impel, mobilize, motivate, move, prompt, propel, rouse, start, stimulate, stir, trigger, turn on, actify, call up, set in motion, switch on, take out of mothballs
Notes: when something is activated, it is made active; when something is actuated, it is moved to take action (or produce a consequence)
to actuate is a general word meaning 'to set working' and has more to do with mechanical action - while activate is used mainly in scientific expressions
Antonyms: arrest, stop
Main Entry: actuate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: start a function or action, motivate
Synonyms: activate, animate, arouse, cause, drive, egg on*, energize, excite, impel, incite, induce, influence, inspire, instigate, mobilize, motivate, move, prompt, propel, quicken, rouse, spur, stimulate, turn on*, work up*, fire up, key up, put up to, work into lather
Antonyms: impede, stop
Main Entry: amaze
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: surprise
Synonyms: affect, alarm, astonish, astound, bewilder, blow away, blow one's mind, bowl over*, daze, dumbfound, electrify, flabbergast*, impress, move, perplex, put one away, shock, stagger, startle, strike, stun, stupefy, touch*
Main Entry: animate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bring to life
Synonyms: activate, arouse, cheer, embolden, encourage, energize, enliven, exalt, excite, fire, gladden, hearten, impel, incite, inform, inspire, instigate, invigorate, kindle, move, quicken, revive, rouse, spark, spur, stimulate, stir, urge, vivify, inspirit, liven, make alive, revivify, vitalize
Antonyms: deaden, discourage, kill
Main Entry: arouse
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: excite, entice
Synonyms: agitate, alert, animate, awaken, call, challenge, electrify, enliven, foment, foster, goad, incite, inflame, instigate, kindle, move, provoke, rally, rouse, send, spark, spur, stimulate, stir, thrill, turn on, warm, whet, whip up, work up, fire up, heat up, wake up, waken
Antonyms: bore, calm, lull, quiet
Main Entry: breeze
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: work quickly through task
Synonyms: cruise, flit, glide, hurry, move, pass, sail, sally, skim, slide, slip, sweep, trip, waltz, zip
Main Entry: budge
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: dislodge from staid position
Synonyms: bend, change, convince, inch, influence, move, persuade, propel, push, remove, roll, shift, slide, stir, sway, yield, change position, give way, locomote
Main Entry: cart
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: carry
Synonyms: bear, bring, convey, ferry, haul, move, schlepp*, take, tote
Main Entry: dislocate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: displace
Synonyms: break, disconnect, disengage, disjoint, disorder, disrupt, disturb, disunite, divide, jumble, misplace, mix up, move, remove, rummage, separate, shift, transfer, unhinge, upset, disarticulate, put out of joint
Antonyms: order, keep together
Main Entry: dispose
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: place, order; deal with
Synonyms: actuate, adapt, adjust, arrange, array, bend, bias, call the tune, condition, determine, distribute, fix, govern, group, incline, induce, influence, lay down the law, lead, locate, make willing, marshal, methodize, motivate, move, organize, predispose, prepare, promote, prompt, put, put one's foot down, put to rights, range, rank, read the riot act, regulate, ride herd on*, set, set in order, settle, shepherd, stand, sway, systematize, tailor, tempt
Antonyms: disarrange, disorder, displace, disturb, mismanage
Main Entry: exit
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: leave a place
Synonyms: bid farewell, blow*, depart, do vanishing act, flake off, get away, get off, get*, git, go, go away, go out, issue, move, move out, quit, retire, retreat, say goodbye, split*, take a hike, take one's leave, withdraw
Antonyms: arrive, come in, enter, go in
Main Entry: flow
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: issue, surge, run out
Synonyms: abound, arise, brim, cascade, circulate, continue, course, deluge, discharge, dribble, ebb, emanate, emerge, emit, exude, flood, glide, gurgle, gush, inundate, jet, leak, move, ooze, overflow, pass, percolate, pour, proceed, progress, regurgitate, result, ripple, roll, rush, slide, sluice, spew, spill, splash, spring, spurt, sputter, squirt, stream, sweep, swell, swirl, teem, trickle, tumble, void, disembogue, exudate, pullulate, smooth along, well forth
Antonyms: trickle
Main Entry: function
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: perform, work
Synonyms: act, act the part, be in action, be in commission, be in operation, be running, behave, cook, do, do duty, do one's thing, get with it, go, go to town, move, officialize, officiate, operate, percolate*, react, run, serve, take, take care of business
Antonyms: idle, malfunction
Main Entry: funnel
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: direct down a path
Synonyms: carry, channel, conduct, convey, filter, move, pass, pipe, pour, siphon, transmit, traject
Main Entry: galvanize
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: inspire, stimulate
Synonyms: animate, arouse, astonish, awaken, electrify, energize, excite, fire*, frighten, invigorate, jolt, motivate, move, pique, prime, provoke, quicken, shock, spur, startle, stir, stun, thrill, wake, zap*, commove, innervate, vitalize
Antonyms: depress, deter, discourage, disparage, dissuade, retard
Main Entry: goad
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: egg on, incite
Synonyms: animate, annoy, arouse, bully, coerce, drive, encourage, excite, exhort, force, harass, hound, impel, instigate, irritate, lash, move, needle*, press, prick*, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, push, sound, spark*, spur, stimulate, sting*, tease, thrust, trigger, turn on*, urge, whip*, work up, worry, fire up, goose*, inspirit, key up, put up to, rowel, sic
Antonyms: discourage, dissuade
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