Entry Word: movement

Function: noun

Meaning: 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>

Synonyms motion, move, shift, shifting, stir, stirring

Related Words dislocation, migration, relocation; locomotion, mobility, motility; fiddling, fidgeting, squirming, twitching, wriggling, writhing; flailing, flapping, waving

Near Antonyms immobility; inertia, inertness, stillness; ending, finish, halt, pause, stop, termination

Antonyms motionlessness

2 a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal <a movement for political reform in the city> — see campaign