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moves - 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: act
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: something done
Synonyms: accomplishment, achievement, action, deed, doing, execution, exploit, feat, move, operation, performance, step, thing, undertaking
Notes: an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act
Antonyms: cessation, idleness, inertia, quiet, quiet, repose, rest, stoppage, suspension, inactivity
Main Entry: act
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: do something
Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, begin, carry on, carry out, consummate, cook, create, develop, do, do a number, do one's thing, enforce, execute, function, get in there, go about, go for broke, go for it*, go in for, go that route, go to town, intrude, knock off*, labor, make progress, maneuver, move, officiate, operate, percolate*, perk*, perpetrate, persevere, persist, practice, preside, pursue, respond, serve, take effect, take part, take steps, take up, transort, undertake, work out
Antonyms: abstain, cease, discontinue, give up, halt, hesitate, idle, refrain, stop
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
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: advance(s)
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: desirous pursuit of someone
Synonyms: approach, move, overture, proposal, proposition, suggestion
Antonyms: ignorance, disinterest
Main Entry: advise
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: offer recommendation
Synonyms: admonish, advocate, caution, charge, commend, counsel, direct, dissuade, encourage, enjoin, exhort, forewarn, guide, instruct, move, opine, point out, preach, prepare, prescribe, prompt, recommend, steer, suggest, tout, update, urge, warn, give a pointer, give a tip, kibitz, level with, put bug in ear, put in two cents
Antonyms: betray, deceive, delude, fool, lie, pretend, trick
Main Entry: affect
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: influence, affect emotionally
Synonyms: act on, alter, change, disturb, impinge, impress, induce, influence, inspire, interest, involve, modify, move, overcome, perturb, prevail, regard, relate, stir, sway, touch, transform, upset
Main Entry: agitate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: disturb, trouble someone
Synonyms: alarm, argue, arouse, bug*, confuse, craze*, debate, discompose, disconcert, discuss, dispute, disquiet, distract, disturb, egg on*, examine, excite, ferment, flurry, fluster, incite, inflame, move, perturb, rouse, ruffle, spook, stimulate, stir, trouble, turn on*, unhinge*, upset, ventilate*, work up*, worry, bug up, burn up*, get to*, make flip, psych, push buttons
Antonyms: calm, quiet, soothe, not bother
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: be
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: exist
Synonyms: abide, act, breathe, continue, do, endure, go on, hold, inhabit, last, live, move, obtain, persist, prevail, remain, rest, stand, stay, subsist, survive, be alive, have being, have place
Main Entry: bear
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bring
Synonyms: buck, carry, convey, deliver, ferry, fetch, lug, move, pack, take, transfer, transport, tote
Antonyms: refuse, take, throw away
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: bring
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cause; influence
Synonyms: begin, compel, convert, convince, create, dispose, effect, engender, force, induce, inflict, lead, make, move, occasion, persuade, prevail on, produce, prompt, sway, wreak, contribute to, prevail upon, result in
Antonyms: avoid, back out, desist, hold back, give up, pass up
Main Entry: bring up
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: initiate, mention in conversation
Synonyms: advance, advert, broach, discuss, introduce, moot, move, offer, point out, propose, raise, refer, submit, tender, ventilate*, allude to, put forward, raise a subject, touch on
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