Synonyms of locomote

locomote

verb

ˈlō-kə-ˌmōt 

as in to shift

to change one's position

most babies begin to locomote—by crawling—when they are seven to ten months old

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shift
• move
• twitch
• stir
• budge
• squirm
• fidget
• wiggle
• wriggle
• toss
• writhe
• rouse
• jiggle
• fiddle
• squiggle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• remain
• freeze
• stay
• stabilize
• still
• tarry
• hang around
• stick around

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of locomote

The most likely explanation is that worms, which need moisture to locomote, take advantage of the rain to go exploring above ground. — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2026

So, those are (roughly in order) the hands, the sensory apparatus like vision and haptics and sound and so on, and the ability to locomote to get the hands to work. — IEEE Spectrum, 16 May 2023

Parents of babies up to age 3 can watch their children locomote on tatami mats or haul themselves up on their jellied legs by holding on to short, fence-like partitions. — New York Times, 9 June 2022

The general idea of this research is to get robots to learn to locomote in much the way human toddlers do. — Matt Simon, Wired, 5 Jan. 2021

All reasonably healthy individuals can locomote at the necessary speed to beat the cutoffs for any ultramarathon. — Jason Koop, Outside Online, 19 July 2017

The idea of connecting to our ancestral past requires us to locomote as we are evolved to do, using our senses and making sure the mind and body are in union. — Bill Hatcher, National Geographic, 28 Feb. 2016