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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Images slope and slant, capturing the listing movement of the ship deck.

From The Wall Street Journal

In North Carolina, the author notes, the movement was helped along by a particular cause célèbre.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I didn’t know much about the forest activist movement or what we were about to do,” Hill later wrote in her book.

From Los Angeles Times

They also used data from the Global Navigation Satellite System to measure ground movement and fault slip.

From Science Daily

It is also the color "that the feminist resistance movement has embraced," she added.

From Barron's