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movement
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of MOVEMENT
1
the act or an instance of changing position <a sudden movement in the far corner of the room made her turn in that direction>
Related Words dislocation, migration, relocation; locomotion, mobility, motility, motivity; fiddling, fidgeting, squirm, squirming, twitching, wriggling, writhing; flailing, flapping, waving
Near Antonyms immobility; inertia, inertness, stillness; cessation, discontinuance, ending, expiration, finish, halt, lapse, pause, shutdown, shutoff, stop, stoppage, surcease, termination
Antonyms motionlessness
2
a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal <a movement for political reform in the city>
Related Words assault, attack, maneuver, march, offensive; action, bid, enterprise, initiative, mission, project, undertaking
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