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Synonyms for movement

noun

  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.

See movement in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

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