Definitions

on the move

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active adj.
migrant/migratory adj.
migrational adj.
transmigratory adj.

ADJECTIVE

active

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aggressive alive bold busy determined diligent dynamic eager energetic engaged enthusiastic forceful intense keen lively quick ready resolute

STRONG

alert daring fireball jumping pushing rapid sharp whiz

WEAK

agile animated assiduous brisk bustling chipper dashing dexterous enlivened enterprising eventful forcible fresh frisky hard-working high-spirited hyper industrious inventive nimble perky persevering purposeful sprightly spry zealous

Antonyms

STRONGEST

afraid apathetic calm cowardly disinterested dispirited dull idle ignorant inactive indifferent irresolute lazy lethargic lifeless meek quiet slow sluggish stupid uneducated unenthusiastic weak

WEAK

abeyant dormant immobile inert quiescent

ADJECTIVE

migrant/migratory

Synonyms

WEAK

casual changing drifting emigrating errant gypsy immigrant immigrating impermanent itinerant migrative migratorial mobile nomad nomadic passing over passing through peripatetic ranging roving seasonal shifting temporary tramp transient transmigratory unsettled vagabond vagrant wandering

Antonyms

WEAK

staying

ADJECTIVE

migrational

Synonyms

WEAK

casual changing drifting emigrating errant immigrant immigrating impermanent itinerant migrant migrative migratorial mobile nomad nomadic passing over passing through peripatetic ranging roving seasonal shifting temporary tramp transient transmigratory unsettled vagabond vagrant wandering

ADJECTIVE

transmigratory

Synonyms

WEAK

changing drifting emigrating errant immigrant immigrating impermanent itinerant migrant migrational migrative migratorial mobile nomad nomadic passing over passing through peripatetic ranging roving seasonal shifting temporary transient unsettled vagrant wandering

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on the move

Julie Kendall, outdoor horticulture manager at Eden Project, said it was a "brilliant reminder" of the important role gardens play as "staging posts for wildlife on the move".

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

"Between five and ten of these big crude oil tankers" are on the move every day, loaded with around 100,000 cubic metres of crude oil each, he said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

Bouaddi is said to be keen on the move.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

They are smart, curious and always on the move.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

“You didn’t even know they was on the move, did ye? I thought not. You wouldn’t be spread out so thin if you knowed they was cornin’.”

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

on the move

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