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movements - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | movement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | motion, activity |
| Synonyms: | act, action, advance, agitation, alteration, change, changing, deed, development, evolution, exercise, flight, flow, flux, gesture, journey, locomotion, maneuver, migration, mobility, move, moving, operation, passage, progress, progression, roaming, shift, stir, stirring, transit, undertaking, velocity, wandering, displacement, dynamism, evolving, journeying, motility, movableness, operativeness, regression, shifting, steps, transferal, translating, transplanting, voyaging |
| Antonyms: | cessation, halt, inaction, pause, stoppage, inactivity |
| Main Entry: | movement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drive, campaign |
| Synonyms: | change, crusade, current, demonstration, drift, evolution, faction, flight, flow, front, group, march, organization, party, patrol, shift, sweep, swing, tendency, transfer, transition, trend, unrest, withdrawal, displacement, grouping, mobilization |
| Antonyms: | indifference |
| Main Entry: | action |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something done |
| Synonyms: | activity, agility, alacrity, alertness, animation, bag*, bit*, business, bustle, commotion, dash, deal, energy, enterprise, flurry, force, game, happening, haste, hoopla*, industry, life, liveliness, motion, movement, occupation, operation, plan, power, process, proposition, racket*, reaction, response, rush, scene, spirit, stir, stunt, trip, turmoil, vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity, ballgame, big idea, functioning, going, hopper, in the works |
| Antonyms: | cessation, idleness, inaction, inertia, repose, rest, stoppage, inactivity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | activity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of being active |
| Synonyms: | action, animation, bustle, enterprise, exercise, exertion, hustle, labor, life, liveliness, motion, movement, activeness |
| Antonyms: | idleness, indolence, inertia, laziness, sluggishness, immobility, inactivity |
| Main Entry: | campaign |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attempt to win; attack |
| Synonyms: | crusade, drive, expedition, fight, movement, offensive, operation, push, warfare |
| Main Entry: | cause |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief; undertaking for belief |
| Synonyms: | attempt, conviction, creed, enterprise, faith, goal, ideal, intention, movement, object, objective, plan, purpose, principles |
| Main Entry: | conveyance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | transport |
| Synonyms: | car, carriage, communication, machine, movement, transfer, transmission, transportation, vehicle, carrying, transference |
| Antonyms: | hold, possession |
| Main Entry: | course |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | progress, advance |
| Synonyms: | advancement, chain, continuity, development, flow, furtherance, line, manner, march, movement, order, plan, policy, procedure, program, progression, red tape*, row, scheme, sequel, sequence, series, string, succession, system, way, channels, consecution, polity, unfolding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | course |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | path, channel |
| Synonyms: | aisle, aqueduct, canal, circuit, conduit, direction, duct, flow, groove, itinerary, lap, line, movement, orbit, passage, range, road, route, run, rut, scope, stream, tack, track, trail, trajectory, watercourse, way, boards, byway |
| Main Entry: | crusade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | campaign for cause |
| Synonyms: | cause, demonstration, drive, evangelism, expedition, holy war, march, movement, push, jihad |
| Main Entry: | earthquake |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tremor from inside the earth |
| Synonyms: | convulsion, fault, movement, quake, seism, shake, shock, slip, undulation, upheaval, macroseism, microseism, quaker, seimicity, seismism, temblor, trembler* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | excitement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enthusiasm; incitement |
| Synonyms: | action, activity, ado, adventure, agitation, animation, bother, buzz*, commotion, confusion, disturbance, dither*, drama, elation, emotion, feeling, ferment, fever, flurry, frenzy, furor, fuss, heat*, hubbub*, hullabaloo*, hurry, hysteria, impulse, instigation, intoxication, motivation, motive, movement, passion, perturbation, provocation, rage, stimulation, stimulus, stir, thrill, titillation, to-do*, trepidation, tumult, turmoil, urge, warmth, discomposure, excitation, kicks, melodrama, wildness |
| Antonyms: | apathy, boredom, calm, calmness, dullness, lull, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exercise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | work, effort |
| Synonyms: | act, action, activity, constitutional*, daily dozen*, discharge, discipline, drill, examination, exertion, labor, lesson, movement, occupation, operation, performance, problem, pursuit, recitation, study, task, test, theme, toil, training, workout, calisthenics, drilling, exercising, gym, schoolwork, warm-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | issue, abundance |
| Synonyms: | breeze, continuance, continuation, continuity, course, current, deluge, discharge, draft, draw, dribble, drift, ebb, effusion, electricity, emanation, flood, flux, gush, juice, movement, outflow, outpouring, plenty, plethora, progress, progression, river, run, sequence, series, spate, spout, spurt, stream, succession, tide, train, wind, leakage, oozing |
| Antonyms: | trickle |
| Main Entry: | gait |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way an animal or person moves, walks |
| Synonyms: | amble, bearing, canter, carriage, clip, gallop, get along, lick, march, motion, movement, pace, run, speed, step, stride, tread, trot, walk |
| Notes: | a gait is a person's manner of walking or a horse's manner of moving; a gate is a door-like movable barrier in a fence or wall, or the total admission receipts at a sports or entertainment event |
| Main Entry: | impulse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | throb, stimulus |
| Synonyms: | augmentation, beat, bump, catalyst, drive, force, impetus, lash, momentum, movement, pressure, propulsion, pulse, push, rush, shock, shove, stroke, surge, thrust, vibration, impulsion, pulsation |
| Main Entry: | inclination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tendency, bent |
| Synonyms: | affection, appetite, aptitude, attachment, attraction, bias, capability, capacity, cup of tea*, desire, disposition, drift, fancy, fondness, groove*, idiosyncrasy, impulse, leaning, liking, mind, movement, partiality, penchant, persuasion, pleasure, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, proclivity, propensity, slant*, soft spot*, stomach*, susceptibility, taste, temperament, thing*, trend, turn*, type, urge, weakness, whim, will, wish, aptness, druthers, proneness, velleity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | machine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | well-run political organization |
| Synonyms: | agency, machinery, movement, party, ring, setup, structure, system, lineup |
| Main Entry: | maneuver |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | move, tactic |
| Synonyms: | action, angle, artifice, contrivance, device, dodge, feint, finesse, gambit, game, gimmick, intrigue, machination, manipulation, measure, movement, plan, play, plot, ploy, procedure, proceeding, ruse, scheme, shenanigans*, shuffle*, step, stratagem, stunt, subterfuge, trick, curveball, demarche, fancy footwork, jig |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | maneuver |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military practice, operation |
| Synonyms: | battle, drill, evolution, exercise, measure, movement, parade, plan, procedure, proceeding, stratagem, tactics, deployment, war games |
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