motility
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
ability to move spontaneously and independently
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Sense 2 noun
a change of position that does not entail a change of location
the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise
Types & categories
- change
- abduction
- adduction
- agitation
- body English
- circumduction
- disturbance
- fetal movement
- flit
- gesture
- headshake
- inclining
- everting
- upending
- jerking
- kicking
- kneel
- pitching
- eye movement
- opening
- prostration
- reaching
- reciprocation
- reclining
- retraction
- retroflection
- rotation
- closing
- sitting
- sitting
- snap
- squatting
- sweep
- toss
- vibration
- wave
- flutter
- standing
- straddle
- stroke
- wiggle
- eurythmy
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | immotility |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | motile |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | mobility |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | move |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | abduction |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | adduction |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | agitation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | body English |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | circumduction |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | disturbance |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fetal movement |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | flit |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | gesture |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | headshake |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | inclining |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | everting |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | upending |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | jerking |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | kicking |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | kneel |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pitching |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | eye movement |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | opening |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | prostration |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | reaching |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | reciprocation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | reclining |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | retraction |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | retroflection |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rotation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | closing |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sitting |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sitting |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | snap |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | squatting |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sweep |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | toss |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | vibration |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wave |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | flutter |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | standing |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | straddle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stroke |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wiggle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | eurythmy |