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Defenition of the word move

    • Defenition of the word move

      • To change the location of an object.
      • To change house, to move themselves to an other room.
      • (game) A player's turn to move a piece or take some other permitted action.
      • To cause to move to a new place.
      • To change one's domicile or place of business.
      • To be in motion, to go from one place to another.
      • To have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.
      • perform an action; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"
      • have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This struck me as odd"
      • be in a state of action; "she is always moving"
      • follow a procedure or take a course; "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels"
      • 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";
      • give an incentive; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
      • the act of deciding to do something; "he didn't make a move to help"; "his first move was to hire a lawyer"
      • (games) a player's turn to move a piece or take some other permitted action
      • the act of changing your residence or place of business; "they say that three moves equal one fire"
      • go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy"
      • arouse sympathy or compassion in; "Her fate moved us all"
      • move so as to change position, as of a body part (nontranslational motion): "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
      • change residence, affiliation, or place of employment; "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska"; "The basketball player moved from one team to another"
      • dispose of by selling; "The chairman of the company told the salesmen to move the computers"
      • live one's life in a specified environment; "she moves in certain circles only"
      • cause to move; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"
      • have a turn; make one's move in a game; "Can I go now?"
      • progress by being changed: "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"
      • propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting
      • change location; move, travel, or proceed; "How fast does your new car go?" "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect";"The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"
      • the act of deciding to do something; "he didn''t make a move to help"; "his first move was to hire a lawyer"
      • (game) a player''s turn to move a piece or take some other permitted action
      • 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"
      • progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"
      • have a turn; make one''s move in a game; "Can I go now?"
      • give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
      • have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"
      • move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
      • change location; move, travel, or proceed; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before ni
      • cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I''m moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
      • perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"
      • live one''s life in a specified environment; "she moves in certain circles only"
      • the act of deciding to do something
      • (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game
      • the act of changing your residence or place of business
      • the act of changing location from one place to another
      • a change of position that does not entail a change of location
      • be in a state of action
      • go or proceed from one point to another
      • progress by being changed
      • have a turn; make one's move in a game
      • give an incentive for action
      • have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
      • arouse sympathy or compassion in
      • move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
      • change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
      • cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
      • change residence, affiliation, or place of employment
      • dispose of by selling
      • perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
      • follow a procedure or take a course
      • live one's life in a specified environment

    Synonyms for the word move

      • act
      • action
      • affect
      • attempt
      • be active
      • be in motion
      • budge
      • cause
      • change
      • dance
      • displace
      • effort
      • encourage
      • go
      • impress
      • incite
      • jump
      • locomote
      • make a motion
      • motion
      • motivate
      • move about
      • movement
      • nudge
      • persuade
      • proceed
      • prod
      • progress
      • prompt
      • propel
      • provoke
      • pull
      • push
      • realignment
      • rearrange
      • rearrangement
      • redeploy
      • redistribute
      • refocus
      • relocate
      • relocation
      • reposition
      • repositioning
      • run
      • shift
      • shove
      • shuffle
      • start
      • step
      • stir
      • strike
      • transfer
      • transport
      • travel
      • turn
      • walk

    Similar words in the move

      • abscond
      • absquatulate
      • act on
      • act up
      • act upon
      • advance
      • arise
      • bolt
      • carry on
      • circulate
      • climb
      • climb up
      • come down
      • come up
      • continue
      • decamp
      • descend
      • draw back
      • ease up
      • elapse
      • fall
      • follow up on
      • give
      • give way
      • glide by
      • go along
      • go around
      • go by
      • go down
      • go off
      • go on
      • go out
      • go past
      • go to
      • go under
      • go up
      • influence
      • lapse
      • lift
      • march on
      • mount
      • move
      • move back
      • move on
      • move out
      • move over
      • move up
      • moved
      • movement
      • movement's
      • movements
      • mover
      • mover's
      • movers
      • moves
      • pass
      • pass by
      • pass on
      • proceed
      • progress
      • pull away
      • pull back
      • pursue
      • recede
      • repair to
      • resort to
      • retire
      • retreat
      • rise
      • run off
      • set
      • settle
      • sink
      • slide by
      • slip away
      • slip by
      • spread
      • surpass
      • travel by
      • withdraw
      • yield

    Hyponyms for the word move

      • abduction
      • accompany
      • acquit
      • act on
      • act superior
      • adduction
      • advance
      • advancement
      • aggress
      • agitate
      • agitation
      • alienate
      • alternate
      • angle
      • antagonise
      • antagonize
      • anticipate
      • approach
      • approaching
      • arise
      • arouse
      • ascend
      • ascending
      • ascension
      • ascent
      • assay
      • assume
      • attack
      • attempt
      • automobile
      • awaken
      • back
      • bang
      • base
      • be adrift
      • bear
      • beat
      • beetle
      • begin
      • behave
      • belt along
      • bend
      • bestir
      • bestride
      • betake oneself
      • billow
      • blow
      • bluff
      • bluff out
      • bob
      • body English
      • boil
      • bolt
      • boot out
      • bounce
      • bound
      • bowl over
      • brandish
      • breeze
      • bring down
      • bring forward
      • bring outside
      • bring up
      • brush
      • buck
      • bucket along
      • budge
      • bump around
      • bustle
      • bustle about
      • cannonball along
      • cant
      • cant over
      • caravan
      • careen
      • career
      • carry
      • cast
      • castle
      • center
      • centre
      • change
      • change hands
      • change owners
      • channel
      • channelise
      • channelize
      • chase
      • chase away
      • check
      • chess move
      • chop
      • chuck out
      • churn
      • circle
      • circuit
      • circulate
      • circumduction
      • click
      • climb
      • climb on
      • close
      • closing
      • cloud
      • coact
      • coast
      • coggle
      • come
      • come back
      • come close
      • come down
      • come forward
      • come out
      • come to the fore
      • come together
      • come up
      • coming
      • commit
      • commove
      • comport
      • condescend
      • conduct
      • contend
      • continue
      • cope
      • counter
      • counteract
      • course
      • court
      • crank
      • crash
      • crawl
      • create
      • creep
      • cringe
      • crowd
      • cruise
      • cut
      • cut to
      • dally
      • dance
      • dandle
      • dare
      • dart
      • dawdle
      • deal
      • deign
      • demarche
      • deport
      • depress
      • deracinate
      • derail
      • descend
      • descent
      • direct
      • disarrange
      • disgorge
      • dislocate
      • dislodge
      • dispatch
      • dispel
      • displace
      • displacement
      • distribute
      • disturb
      • disturbance
      • disunite
      • diverge
      • divide
      • do
      • do well
      • dodge
      • drag
      • draw
      • draw back
      • drift
      • drive
      • drive away
      • drive off
      • drive out
      • drop
      • drop back
      • duck
      • ease
      • ease up
      • effect
      • egotrip
      • eject
      • elevate
      • embark
      • end up
      • engage
      • engrave
      • err
      • essay
      • eurhythmics
      • eurhythmy
      • eurythmics
      • eurythmy
      • evacuate
      • evade
      • eversion
      • everting
      • exclude
      • exert
      • exit
      • expel
      • exteriorize
      • extirpate
      • eye movement
      • fall
      • falter
      • feed
      • ferry
      • festinate
      • fetal movement
      • fetch up
      • fidget
      • finish
      • finish up
      • flap
      • flex
      • flick
      • flicker
      • flinch
      • fling
      • flip
      • flirt
      • flit
      • float
      • flock
      • flourish
      • flow
      • fluctuate
      • flurry
      • flutter
      • flux
      • fly
      • foetal movement
      • follow
      • following
      • force
      • force out
      • foresee
      • forestall
      • forge
      • forward motion
      • funk
      • funnel
      • gesture
      • get about
      • get around
      • get around to
      • get back
      • get by
      • get down
      • get on
      • get out
      • get up
      • ghost
      • give
      • give way
      • glide
      • go
      • go about
      • go across
      • go ahead
      • go along
      • go around
      • go back
      • go by
      • go down
      • go forward
      • go off at half-cock
      • go off half-cocked
      • go on
      • go out
      • go past
      • go through
      • go up
      • grab
      • grapple
      • gravitate
      • guard
      • had best
      • haste
      • hasten
      • headshake
      • headshaking
      • heave
      • herd
      • hie
      • hiss
      • hit
      • hit home
      • hit the deck
      • hit the dirt
      • hitch
      • hold back
      • hold off
      • hop
      • hop on
      • hotfoot
      • hurl
      • hurry
      • hurrying
      • hurtle
      • hustle
      • impel
      • impress
      • inclination
      • inclining
      • infect
      • ingrain
      • instill
      • interact
      • interrupt
      • inversion
      • island hop
      • jar
      • jerk
      • jerking
      • jolt
      • jounce
      • journey
      • jump
      • jump off
      • jump on
      • keep
      • kick
      • kick out
      • kicking
      • kneel
      • kneeling
      • knock over
      • lance
      • land up
      • lapse
      • lateralize
      • launch
      • lay
      • lead
      • lean
      • leap
      • leave
      • let down
      • lift
      • linger
      • list
      • lock
      • locomotion
      • look sharp
      • lord it over
      • lower
      • lower oneself
      • lunge
      • lurch
      • luxate
      • make a point
      • make bold
      • make do
      • make out
      • make sure
      • make way
      • manage
      • maneuver
      • manoeuver
      • manoeuvre
      • march on
      • meander
      • mesh
      • migrate
      • migration
      • mill
      • mill about
      • mill around
      • misbehave
      • misconduct
      • misdemean
      • mobilise
      • mobilize
      • moil
      • mope
      • mope around
      • motor
      • mount
      • mount up
      • move
      • move around
      • move back
      • move back and forth
      • move in
      • move involuntarily
      • move on
      • move out
      • move over
      • move reflexively
      • move up
      • nod
      • nystagmus
      • offer
      • onward motion
      • open
      • opening
      • operate
      • oppose
      • outflank
      • overfly
      • overspill
      • overturn
      • pace
      • pan
      • part
      • participate
      • partner
      • pass
      • pass around
      • pass by
      • pass on
      • pass over
      • pay back
      • pelt along
      • perform
      • perpetrate
      • persist in
      • pierce
      • pitch
      • pitching
      • place
      • play
      • play it by ear
      • plough
      • plow
      • plow ahead
      • pose
      • posing
      • position
      • post
      • potter
      • potter around
      • pound
      • pour
      • prance
      • precede
      • precess
      • press down
      • presume
      • proceed
      • procession
      • progress
      • progression
      • propagate
      • propel
      • prosecute
      • prostration
      • pull
      • pull away
      • pull back
      • pulsate
      • pulse
      • pump
      • pursual
      • pursue
      • pursuit
      • push
      • put
      • put on airs
      • putter
      • putter around
      • quail
      • queen it over
      • quicken
      • quiver
      • quivering
      • race
      • raft
      • raise
      • raise up
      • rake
      • ramble
      • rampage
      • range
      • reach
      • reach out
      • reaching
      • react
      • recede
      • reciprocate
      • reciprocation
      • reclining
      • recoil
      • relocate
      • repair
      • repay
      • repeat
      • reposition
      • resort
      • respond
      • retire
      • retraction
      • retreat
      • retroflection
      • retroflexion
      • retrograde
      • return
      • revolve
      • reward
      • ride
      • riffle
      • rise
      • roam
      • rock
      • roil
      • roll
      • romance
      • root out
      • rotary motion
      • rotation
      • round
      • rouse
      • rout out
      • rove
      • ruff
      • ruffle
      • run
      • run off
      • rush
      • rush along
      • rushing
      • saccade
      • sadden
      • sail
      • saltate
      • sashay
      • satisfice
      • satisfise
      • scan
      • scramble
      • scroll
      • seek
      • seesaw
      • send
      • separate
      • serve
      • set
      • set about
      • set in motion
      • shack
      • shake
      • shake up
      • shed
      • shift
      • shifting
      • ship
      • shrink
      • shutting
      • shuttle
      • sidle
      • sift
      • singsong
      • sink
      • sit
      • sitting
      • ski
      • slant
      • slice into
      • slice through
      • slide
      • sling
      • slip
      • slippage
      • slither
      • slop
      • smite
      • snap
      • sneak
      • snowshoe
      • solicit
      • span
      • speed
      • speeding
      • spill
      • spirt
      • splatter
      • splay
      • split
      • spread
      • spring
      • spurt
      • squat
      • squatting
      • squeeze
      • squinch
      • squirm
      • staisfise
      • stalemate
      • stampede
      • standing
      • start
      • startle
      • station
      • steal
      • steam
      • steamer
      • steamroll
      • steamroller
      • step
      • step forward
      • step on it
      • step to the fore
      • step up
      • stir
      • stir up
      • stoop
      • straddle
      • stray
      • streak
      • stream
      • stretch
      • stretch out
      • strike
      • strike a chord
      • strike a note
      • strike dumb
      • strike home
      • strike out
      • stroke
      • stumble
      • surpass
      • surprise
      • swan
      • swap
      • swash
      • sway
      • sweep
      • sweep away
      • sweep off
      • swim
      • swing
      • swinging
      • swoop
      • tactical maneuver
      • tactical manoeuvre
      • take
      • take back
      • take care
      • take down
      • take over
      • take part
      • take the air
      • take time by the forelock
      • take turns
      • take up
      • taxi
      • teeter
      • thread
      • throw
      • throw out
      • thrust
      • thump
      • thunder
      • tilt
      • tip over
      • toss
      • totter
      • touch
      • toy
      • trail
      • tram
      • tramp
      • transfer
      • translate
      • translation
      • transmigrate
      • transmit
      • transport
      • travel
      • travel along
      • travel by
      • travel purposefully
      • travel rapidly
      • traveling
      • travelling
      • tread
      • trip
      • trip the light fantastic
      • trip the light fantastic toe
      • trouble
      • trump
      • trundle
      • try
      • tug
      • tumble
      • tump over
      • turf out
      • turn
      • turn back
      • turn out
      • turn over
      • twine
      • twist
      • twitch
      • undulate
      • unroll
      • unseat
      • unwind
      • upending
      • uprise
      • uproot
      • upset
      • upstage
      • use
      • vacillation
      • vagabond
      • venture
      • vex
      • vibrate
      • vibration
      • volunteer
      • waggle
      • wait
      • walk
      • wallow
      • wamble
      • wander
      • wash
      • wave
      • waver
      • weave
      • wedge
      • welter
      • wend
      • wheel
      • whine
      • whirl
      • whirl around
      • whish
      • whisk
      • whistle
      • whoosh
      • wiggle
      • wince
      • wind
      • wind off
      • wind up
      • wing
      • withdraw
      • wobble
      • woo
      • woosh
      • work
      • worm
      • wrap
      • wrestle
      • wriggle
      • writhe
      • yield
      • zap
      • zigzag
      • zip
      • zoom

    Hypernyms for the word move

      • act
      • advise
      • affect
      • alter
      • cause
      • change
      • conclusion
      • decision
      • determination
      • do
      • impress
      • live
      • make
      • move
      • play
      • propose
      • sell
      • strike
      • suggest
      • turn
      • vary

    Antonyms for the word move

      • forbear
      • forebear
      • refrain
      • repose
      • rest
      • stand still
      • stay
      • stay in place
      • stay put
      • stick
      • stick around

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