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movement

[moov-muhnt] / ˈmuv mənt /
NOUN
motion, activity
Synonyms
STRONGEST
act action change development evolution exercise flow migration move operation progress shift
STRONG
advance agitation alteration deed displacement dynamism flight flux gesture journey journeying locomotion maneuver mobility motility movableness passage progression regression shifting steps stir stirring transit transplanting undertaking velocity wandering
WEAK
changing evolving moving operativeness roaming transferal translating voyaging
Antonyms
STRONGEST
cessation decline decrease idleness inaction inactivity inertia repose rest stagnation stoppage
WEAK
halt indifference pause
NOUN
drive, campaign
Synonyms
STRONGEST
change crusade demonstration evolution faction flow group organization party shift tendency transfer trend unrest
STRONG
current displacement drift flight front grouping march mobilization patrol sweep swing transition withdrawal
Antonyms
STRONGEST
peace
WEAK
cessation halt inaction inactivity indifference pause stoppage

Example Sentences

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As with any revolutionary movement, NAR leaders do not always see eye to eye on everything.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

Companies like Salesforce, founded in 1999, pioneered an “out-of-the-box” software movement known as software as a service, with business clients paying per-user subscription fees and accessing tools via a web browser.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

Japan Society presented avant-garde, multidisciplinary Japanese dancer Hiroaki Umeda’s dazzling multimedia “assimilating,” a display that well overpowered the Met’s attempts at video and movement.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

He is also convinced that the tip-off which led police to the hideout would not have come from his peers in the sovereign citizen movement.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

A strong wind was whipping up bigger waves on the surface, and I could only stay afloat through constant, frenetic movement.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.