movement
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 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 hypernym
- abduction hyponym
- adduction hyponym
- agitation hyponym
- body English hyponym
- circumduction hyponym
- disturbance hyponym
- fetal movement hyponym
- flit hyponym
- gesture hyponym
- headshake hyponym
- inclining hyponym
- everting hyponym
- upending hyponym
- jerking hyponym
- kicking hyponym
- kneel hyponym
- pitching hyponym
- eye movement hyponym
- opening hyponym
- prostration hyponym
- reaching hyponym
- reciprocation hyponym
- reclining hyponym
- retraction hyponym
- retroflection hyponym
- rotation hyponym
- closing hyponym
- sitting hyponym
- sitting hyponym
- snap hyponym
- squatting hyponym
- sweep hyponym
- toss hyponym
- vibration hyponym
- wave hyponym
- flutter hyponym
- standing hyponym
- straddle hyponym
- stroke hyponym
- wiggle hyponym
- eurythmy hyponym
Related & opposite
- move derivation
Sense 2 noun
the act of changing location from one place to another
police controlled the motion of the crowd
Types & categories
- change hypernym
- coming hyponym
- forward motion hyponym
- locomotion hyponym
- lunge hyponym
- travel hyponym
- pursuit hyponym
- ascending hyponym
- descent hyponym
- swinging hyponym
- return hyponym
- glide hyponym
- slippage hyponym
- flow hyponym
- crawl hyponym
- speeding hyponym
- displacement hyponym
- shifting hyponym
- rush hyponym
- maneuver hyponym
- migration hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
Types & categories
- happening hypernym
- crustal movement hyponym
- approaching hyponym
- passing hyponym
- deflexion hyponym
- bending hyponym
- change of location hyponym
- wave hyponym
- jitter hyponym
- periodic motion hyponym
- heave hyponym
- rebound hyponym
- recoil hyponym
- seek hyponym
- wring hyponym
- cam stroke hyponym
- turning hyponym
- wrench hyponym
- undulation hyponym
- wave hyponym
- wobble hyponym
- whirl hyponym
- Brownian movement hyponym
Related & opposite
- move derivation
Sense 4 noun
a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
he was a charter member of the movement
Types & categories
- social group hypernym
- Free French hyponym
- artistic movement hyponym
- Boy Scouts hyponym
- Civil Rights movement hyponym
- common front hyponym
- cultural movement hyponym
- ecumenism hyponym
- falun gong hyponym
- political movement hyponym
- reform movement hyponym
- religious movement hyponym
- Zionist movement hyponym
Sense 5 noun
a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata
the second movement is slow and melodic
Types & categories
- musical composition hypernym
- intermezzo hyponym
- scherzo hyponym
Parts & wholes
- sonata part holonym
Sense 6 noun
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
he supported populist campaigns
Types & categories
- venture hypernym
- advertising campaign hyponym
- anti-war movement hyponym
- charm campaign hyponym
- consumerism hyponym
- campaigning hyponym
- fund-raising campaign hyponym
- feminist movement hyponym
- gay liberation movement hyponym
- lost cause hyponym
- reform hyponym
- war hyponym
- youth movement hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
the cinema relies on apparent motion
Types & categories
- optical illusion hypernym
Sense 8 noun
a euphemism for defecation
he had a bowel movement
Types & categories
- laxation hypernym
Related & opposite
- euphemism domain usage
Sense 9 noun
a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book
Types & categories
- inclination hypernym
- evolutionary trend hyponym
- gravitation hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 10 noun
the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)
it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement
Types & categories
- action mechanism hypernym
Parts & wholes
Sense 11 noun
the act of changing the location of something
the movement of cargo onto the vessel
Types & categories
- change hypernym
- deracination hyponym
- transfer hyponym
- intromission hyponym
- letting down hyponym
- transplanting hyponym
- troop movement hyponym
Related & opposite
- move derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | move |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | abduction |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | adduction |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | agitation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | body English |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | circumduction |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | disturbance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fetal movement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | flit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gesture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | headshake |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | inclining |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | everting |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | upending |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | jerking |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | kicking |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | kneel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pitching |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | eye movement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | opening |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | prostration |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reaching |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reciprocation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reclining |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | retraction |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | retroflection |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rotation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | closing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sitting |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sitting |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | snap |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | squatting |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sweep |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | toss |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vibration |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wave |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | flutter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | standing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | straddle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stroke |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wiggle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | eurythmy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | move |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | move |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | move |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | motional |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | coming |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | forward motion |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | locomotion |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lunge |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | travel |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pursuit |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ascending |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | descent |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | swinging |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | return |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | glide |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | slippage |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | flow |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | crawl |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | speeding |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | displacement |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shifting |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rush |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | maneuver |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | migration |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | move |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | happening |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | crustal movement |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | approaching |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | passing |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | deflexion |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bending |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | change of location |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | wave |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | jitter |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | periodic motion |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | heave |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rebound |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | recoil |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | seek |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | wring |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cam stroke |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | turning |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | wrench |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | undulation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | wave |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | wobble |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | whirl |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Brownian movement |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | social group |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | Free French |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | artistic movement |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | Boy Scouts |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | Civil Rights movement |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | common front |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cultural movement |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | ecumenism |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | falun gong |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | political movement |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | reform movement |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | religious movement |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | Zionist movement |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | sonata |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | musical composition |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | intermezzo |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | scherzo |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | aim |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | push back |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | ram |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | drive |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | labor |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | crusade |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | venture |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | advertising campaign |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | anti-war movement |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | charm campaign |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | consumerism |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | campaigning |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | fund-raising campaign |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | feminist movement |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | gay liberation movement |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | lost cause |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | reform |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | war |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | youth movement |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | optical illusion |
| 8 | domain usage | Related & opposite | euphemism |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | laxation |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | drift |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | aim |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | inclination |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | evolutionary trend |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | gravitation |
| 10 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | clock |
| 10 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | watch |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | action mechanism |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | move |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | deracination |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | transfer |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | intromission |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | letting down |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | transplanting |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | troop movement |