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| Main Entry: | moving |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | affecting, exciting |
| Synonyms: | affective, awakening, breathless, dynamic, eloquent, emotional, expressive, far-out*, hairy*, heartbreaking, heartrending, impressive, inspiring, meaningful, mind-blowing*, persuasive, poignant, provoking, rousing, sententious, significant, something*, stimulating, stirring, stunning, touching, arousing, emotive, facund, felt in gut, grabbed by, gripping, impelling, inspirational, mind-bending, motivating, propelling, quickening, rallying, stimulative, turned on by |
| Antonyms: | unemotional, unexciting, unmoving, unaffecting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | moving |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mobile |
| Synonyms: | changing, flying, jumping, movable, nomadic, portable, roaming, roving, running, unstable, unsteady, walking, advancing, climbing, evolving, going, motile, progressing, shifting, traversing, unfixed, unsteadfast |
| Antonyms: | fixed, immobile, permanent, stationary, unmoving |
| 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: | awesome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amazing |
| Synonyms: | alarming, astonishing, awe-inspiring, awful, beautiful, breathtaking, dreadful, exalted, fearful, formidable, frantic, frightening, grand, hairy*, horrible, imposing, impressive, intimidating, magnificent, majestic, mean, mind-blowing*, moving, nervous, overwhelming, shocking, striking, stunning, terrible, terrifying, wonderful, wondrous, daunting, fearsome, horrifying, real gone, something else, stupefying, zero cool |
| Antonyms: | unamazing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | breathtaking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautiful, awesome |
| Synonyms: | amazing, astonishing, awe-inspiring, exciting, hair-raising, impressive, magnificent, moving, overwhelming, spine-tingling, stunning, thrilling, heart-stirring, heart-stopping |
| Antonyms: | disgusting, ugly |
| Main Entry: | ceremonious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ritual, formal |
| Synonyms: | civil, courteous, courtly, decorous, deferential, dignified, exact, grandiose, impressive, majestic, moving, precise, proper, punctilious, seemly, solemn, starchy, stately, stiff, striking |
| Notes: | ceremonial is more often applied to things (clothing, etc.) and ceremonious is used for persons and things (occasion, venue) |
| Antonyms: | informal, unceremonious, relaxed, unobserved |
| Main Entry: | convincing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | persuasive |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, authentic, cogent, conclusive, credible, dependable, faithful, hopeful, impressive, incontrovertible, likely, moving, plausible, possible, powerful, presumable, probable, rational, reasonable, reliable, satisfactory, satisfying, solid, sound, telling, trustworthy, trusty, valid, believeable, swaying |
| Antonyms: | doubtful, dubious, implausible, improbable, incredible, unconvincing, unlikely, unpersuasive |
| Main Entry: | eloquent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having a skillful way with words |
| Synonyms: | affecting, ardent, articulate, expressive, fervent, fervid, fluent, forceful, glib, grandiloquent, graphic, impassioned, impressive, indicative, magniloquent, meaningful, moving, outspoken, passionate, persuasive, poignant, potent, powerful, rhetorical, sententious, significant, silver-tongued*, stirring, suggestive, telling, touching, vivid, vocal, voluble, facund, revealing, smooth-spoken*, well-expressed |
| Antonyms: | dull, inarticulate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | emotional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | demonstrative about feelings |
| Synonyms: | affecting, ardent, disturbed, ecstatic, enthusiastic, excitable, exciting, fanatical, feeling, fervent, fervid, fickle, fiery, heartwarming, heated, histrionic, hysterical, impassioned, impetuous, impulsive, irrational, moving, nervous, overwrought, passionate, pathetic, poignant, responsive, sensitive, sentient, sentimental, spontaneous, stirring, susceptible, temperamental, tender, thrilling, touching, warm, zealous, emotive, falling apart, hot-blooded, roused, stirred, tear-jerking |
| Antonyms: | physical |
| Main Entry: | entertaining |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amusing, pleasing |
| Synonyms: | absorbing, affecting, charming, cheerful, cheering, clever, compelling, delightful, droll, enchanting, engaging, engrossing, enjoyable, entrancing, exciting, fascinating, fun, funny, gas*, gay, humorous, impressive, inspiring, interesting, lively, moving, piquant, pleasant, pleasurable, poignant, priceless, provocative, restorative, riot, rousing, scream, stimulating, stirring, striking, thrilling, witty, be a ball, captivating, diverting, enthralling, enticing, recreative, relaxing, side-splitting |
| Antonyms: | boring, dull, laborious, sad, tiring, unpleasant, unamusing, unfunny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exciting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inspiring, exhilarating |
| Synonyms: | appealing, astonishing, bracing, breathtaking, dangerous, dramatic, eye-popping*, far-out*, fine, flashy, groovy*, hair-raising*, heady*, hectic, impressive, interesting, intoxicating, intriguing, lively, melodramatic, mind-blowing, moving, neat, overpowering, overwhelming, provocative, racy, rousing, sensational, showy, spine-tingling*, stimulating, stirring, thrilling, wild, agitative, animating, arousing, arresting, commoving, electrifying, exhilarant, impelling, rip-roaring, titillating, zestful |
| Antonyms: | boring, moderate, unenthusiastic, unexciting, unenthused, uninspiring, unpromising, unstimulating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expressive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | telling, revealing |
| Synonyms: | alive, articulate, artistic, brilliant, colorful, demonstrative, dramatic, eloquent, emphatic, energetic, forcible, graphic, indicative, ingenious, lively, masterly, meaningful, mobile, moving, passionate, pathetic, picturesque, poignant, pointed, pregnant, representative, responsive, showy, significant, silver-tongued*, spirited, stimulating, stirring, striking, strong, suggestive, sympathetic, tender, thoughtful, touching, understanding, vivid, warm, allusive, pictorial, revelatory |
| Antonyms: | expressionless, inexpressive, passive, undemonstrative |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fugitive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fleeing, transient |
| Synonyms: | brief, criminal, elusive, ephemeral, errant, erratic, evanescent, fleeting, flitting, flying*, hot*, impermanent, momentary, moving, passing, planetary, short*, short-lived, temporary, transitory, unstable, volatile, wandering, wanted, avoiding, escaping, evading, fugacious, lamster, on the lam, running away |
| Antonyms: | confronting, facing, permanent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heartbreaking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disappointing |
| Synonyms: | affecting, agonizing, bitter, calamitous, cheerless, deplorable, dire, distressing, grievous, joyless, lamentable, moving, pitiful, poignant, regrettable, sad, touching, tragic, unfortunate, afflictive, heart-rending |
| Antonyms: | exhilarating, heartwarming, joyous, wonderful |
| Main Entry: | heartrending |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | arousing deep sympathy |
| Synonyms: | agonizing, distressing, doleful, excruciating, harrowing, heartbreaking, moving, piteous, pitiful, sad, touching, tragic, heartsickening, tear-jerking |
| Main Entry: | impassioned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excited, vehement |
| Synonyms: | animated, ardent, blazing, burning, deep, fervent, fervid, fierce, fiery, flaming, furious, glowing, heated*, inflamed, inspired, intense, melodramatic, moving, mushy, passionate, powerful, profound, red-hot*, romantic, rousing, sentimental, starry-eyed*, stirring, torrid, violent, vivid, warm, zealous, fired up, hot-blooded, overemotional, perfervid, steamed up, white-hot, wild about, worked up |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, calm, cool, impassive, indifferent, unconcerned, unexcited |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imposing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impressive |
| Synonyms: | august, big, commanding, dignified, effective, exciting, grand, grandiose, imperial, magnificent, majestic, massive, mind-blowing*, monumental, moving, noble, ominous, overblown, overwhelming, pretentious, regal, royal, stately, stirring, striking, towering, mega, one for the book, something else, something to write home about |
| Antonyms: | common, modest, ordinary, poor, subordinate, trivial, unimportant, unimposing, unimpressive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impressive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | powerful, influential |
| Synonyms: | absorbing, affecting, august, awe-inspiring, consequential, cool*, deep*, dramatic, effective, eloquent, excited, exciting, extraordinary, forcible, grand, impassioned, important, imposing, inspiring, intense, lavish, luxurious, majestic, massive, momentous, monumental, moving, noble, notable, penetrating, prime*, profound, remarkable, rousing, splendid, stately, stirring, striking, sumptuous, superb, thrilling, touching, towering, vital, arresting, well-done |
| Antonyms: | inconsequential, ineffective, insignificant, unimportant, weak, unimpressive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | influential |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | effective, powerful |
| Synonyms: | affecting, authoritative, controlling, dominant, efficacious, famous, forcible, governing, important, impressive, inspiring, instrumental, leading, meaningful, momentous, moving, name, persuasive, potent, prominent, significant, strong, substantial, telling, touching, weighty, big-gun, big-wheel, guiding, hot-dog, major-league |
| Antonyms: | ineffective, ineffectual, unimportant, unmoving, weak, uninfluential |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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