motion - Similar and Opposite Words
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Noun
the act of changing location from one place to another
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- advance
- advancement
- approach
- approaching
- ascending
- ascension
- ascent
- chase
- coast
- coming
- crawl
- descent
- displacement
- flow
- following
- forward motion
- glide
- haste
- hurry
- hurrying
- locomotion
- lunge
- lurch
- maneuver
- manoeuvre
- migration
- onward motion
- play
- procession
- progress
- progression
- pursual
- pursuit
- return
- rise
- rush
- rushing
- shift
- shifting
- slide
- slippage
- speed
- speeding
- stream
- swing
- swinging
- translation
- travel
- traveling
- travelling
- vacillation
Noun
a change of position that does not entail a change of location
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- abduction
- adduction
- agitation
- body English
- circumduction
- closing
- dart
- disturbance
- eurhythmics
- eurhythmy
- eurythmics
- eurythmy
- eversion
- everting
- eye movement
- fetal movement
- flicker
- flit
- flutter
- foetal movement
- gesture
- headshake
- headshaking
- inclination
- inclining
- inversion
- jerk
- jerking
- jolt
- kick
- kicking
- kneel
- kneeling
- lurch
- opening
- pitch
- pitching
- posing
- prostration
- quiver
- quivering
- reach
- reaching
- reciprocation
- reclining
- retraction
- retroflection
- retroflexion
- rotary motion
- rotation
- saccade
- shutting
- sitting
- snap
- span
- squat
- squatting
- squirm
- standing
- straddle
- stretch
- stroke
- sweep
- toss
- upending
- vibration
- wave
- waver
- wiggle
- wriggle
Noun
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
Noun
a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote
Noun
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
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- Brownian motion
- Brownian movement
- approach
- approaching
- backlash
- bend
- bending
- cam stroke
- change of location
- commotion
- crustal movement
- deflection
- deflexion
- heave
- jitter
- kick
- moving ridge
- passage
- passing
- pedesis
- periodic motion
- periodic movement
- rebound
- recoil
- repercussion
- seek
- squeeze
- stroke
- tectonic movement
- throw
- travel
- turn
- turning
- twist
- undulation
- wave
- whirl
- wobble
- wrench
- wring
Noun
an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
Noun
a state of change
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Verb
show, express or direct through movement