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Defenition of the word motion

    • Defenition of the word motion

      • A change in location; the opposite of standing still.
      • 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"
      • show, express or direct through movement; "He gestured his desire to leave"
      • the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
      • a state of change; "they were in a state of steady motion"
      • the act of changing your location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"
      • a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex movements of his eyebrows revealed his surprise";
      • a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote; "he made a motion to adjourn"; "she called for the question"
      • a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
      • 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"; "his move put him directly in my path"
      • 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"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"
      • the act of changing location from one place to another
      • a change of position that does not entail a change of location
      • a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote
      • an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
      • a state of change
      • show, express or direct through movement

    Synonyms for the word motion

      • action
      • activity
      • apparent motion
      • apparent movement
      • beckon
      • gesticulate
      • gesticulation
      • gesture
      • indicate
      • move
      • movement
      • proposal
      • proposition
      • question
      • shift
      • sign
      • signal
      • suggestion
      • wave

    Similar words in the motion

      • motion
      • motion's
      • motioned
      • motioning
      • motionless

    Hyponyms for the word motion

      • abduction
      • acclaim
      • adduction
      • advance
      • advancement
      • agitation
      • applaud
      • approach
      • approaching
      • ascending
      • ascension
      • ascent
      • backlash
      • beck
      • beckon
      • bend
      • bending
      • bless
      • body English
      • bow
      • bow down
      • bowing
      • Brownian motion
      • Brownian movement
      • cam stroke
      • change of location
      • chase
      • circumduction
      • clap
      • closing
      • coast
      • coming
      • commotion
      • crawl
      • cross oneself
      • crustal movement
      • curtsey
      • curtsy
      • dart
      • deflection
      • deflexion
      • descent
      • displacement
      • disturbance
      • eurhythmics
      • eurhythmy
      • eurythmics
      • eurythmy
      • eversion
      • everting
      • exsert
      • extend
      • eye movement
      • facial expression
      • facial gesture
      • fetal movement
      • flicker
      • flit
      • flourish
      • flow
      • flutter
      • foetal movement
      • following
      • forward motion
      • gesticulation
      • gesture
      • glide
      • haste
      • headshake
      • headshaking
      • heave
      • high-five
      • hold out
      • hurry
      • hurrying
      • inclination
      • inclining
      • inversion
      • jerk
      • jerking
      • jitter
      • jolt
      • kick
      • kicking
      • kneel
      • kneeling
      • locomotion
      • lunge
      • lurch
      • maneuver
      • manoeuvre
      • migration
      • moving ridge
      • nod
      • nystagmus
      • obeisance
      • onward motion
      • opening
      • palpitation
      • passage
      • passing
      • pedesis
      • periodic motion
      • periodic movement
      • perpetual motion
      • pitch
      • pitching
      • play
      • posing
      • precession
      • previous question
      • procession
      • progress
      • progression
      • prostration
      • pursual
      • pursuit
      • put out
      • quiver
      • quivering
      • reach
      • reaching
      • rebound
      • reciprocation
      • reclining
      • recoil
      • repercussion
      • retraction
      • retroflection
      • retroflexion
      • return
      • rise
      • rotary motion
      • rotation
      • rush
      • rushing
      • saccade
      • seek
      • shake
      • shakiness
      • shaking
      • shift
      • shifting
      • shrug
      • shutting
      • sign
      • sign of the cross
      • sitting
      • slide
      • slippage
      • snap
      • span
      • spat
      • speed
      • speeding
      • squat
      • squatting
      • squeeze
      • squirm
      • standing
      • straddle
      • stream
      • stretch
      • stretch forth
      • stretch out
      • stroke
      • sweep
      • swing
      • swinging
      • tectonic movement
      • throw
      • toss
      • translation
      • travel
      • traveling
      • travelling
      • trembling
      • turn
      • turning
      • twist
      • undulation
      • upending
      • V sign
      • vacillation
      • vibration
      • wafture
      • wave
      • waver
      • waving
      • whirl
      • wiggle
      • wink
      • wobble
      • wrench
      • wriggle
      • wring

    Hypernyms for the word motion

      • change
      • communicate
      • happening
      • intercommunicate
      • natural event
      • occurrence
      • occurrent
      • optical illusion
      • proposal
      • state
      • visual communication

    Antonyms for the word motion

      • motionlessness
      • stillness

    Idioms for the word motion

      • perpetual motion

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