movement

movement is a 8-letter English word with 17 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; advancement; as, the movement of an army in marching or maneuvering; the movement of a wheel or a machine; the party of movement. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 19 · 17 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; advancement; as, the movement of an army in marching or maneuvering; the movement of a wheel or a machine; the party of movement.
2. noun. Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.
3. noun. Manner or style of moving; as, a slow, or quick, or sudden, movement.
4. noun. The rhythmical progression, pace, and tempo of a piece.
5. noun. One of the several strains or pieces, each complete in itself, with its own time and rhythm, which make up a larger work; as, the several movements of a suite or a symphony.
6. noun. A system of mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion; as, the wheelwork of a watch.
7. noun. the act of changing location from one place to another

   "police controlled the motion of the crowd"

   "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"

   Synonyms: motion, move

8. noun. the act of changing the location of something

   "the movement of cargo onto the vessel"

9. noun. a change of position that does not entail a change of location

   "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"

   "movement is a sign of life"

   Synonyms: motility, motion, move

10. noun. a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

    "he supported populist campaigns"

    "they worked in the cause of world peace"

    Synonyms: campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort

11. noun. the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)

    "it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement"

12. noun. a general tendency to change (as of opinion)

    "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"

    "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"

    Synonyms: drift, trend

13. noun. a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata

    "the second movement is slow and melodic"

14. noun. a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something

    Synonyms: motion

15. 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"

    "politicians have to respect a mass movement"

    Synonyms: front

16. 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"

    "the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement"

    Synonyms: motion

17. noun. a euphemism for defecation

    "he had a bowel movement"

    Synonyms: bm

Synonyms

motion, move, motility, campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort, drift, trend, front, bm

Common word forms

movements

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