All movement synonyms

noun movement

• development — Development is the gradual growth or formation of something.
• shift — to put (something) aside and replace it by another or others; change or exchange: to shift friends; to shift ideas.
• move — to pass from one place or position to another.
• flow — to move along in a stream: The river flowed slowly to the sea.
• act — When you act, you do something for a particular purpose.
• action — Action is doing something for a particular purpose.
• progress — a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree.
• operation — an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
• change — If there is a change in something, it becomes different.
• migration — the process or act of migrating.
• group — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
• faction — a form of writing or filmmaking that treats real people or events as if they were fictional or uses them as an integral part of a fictional account.
• trend — the general course or prevailing tendency; drift: trends in the teaching of foreign languages; the trend of events.
• transfer — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
• unrest — lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet: the unrest within himself.
• crusade — A crusade is a long and determined attempt to achieve something for a cause that you feel strongly about.
• tendency — a natural or prevailing disposition to move, proceed, or act in some direction or toward some point, end, or result: the tendency of falling bodies toward the earth.
• party — a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.: a cocktail party.
• organization — the act or process of organizing.
• demonstration — A demonstration is a march or gathering which people take part in to show their opposition to something or their support for something.
• agitation — If someone is in a state of agitation, they are very worried or upset, and show this in their behaviour, movements, or voice.
• transit — the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
• displacement — the act of displacing.
• deed — A deed is something that is done, especially something that is very good or very bad.
• regression — the act of going back to a previous place or state; return or reversion.
• mobility — the quality of being mobile.
• passage — a slow, cadenced trot executed with great elevation of the feet and characterized by a moment of suspension before the feet strike the ground.
• stir — to move one's hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts: to stir one's coffee with a spoon.
• maneuver — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
• flight — an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.
• journey — a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time; trip: a six-day journey across the desert.
• velocity — rapidity of motion or operation; swiftness; speed: a high wind velocity.
• advance — To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
• progression — the act of progressing; forward or onward movement.
• undertaking — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
• alteration — An alteration is a change in or to something.
• flux — a flowing or flow.
• gesture — a movement or position of the hand, arm, body, head, or face that is expressive of an idea, opinion, emotion, etc.: the gestures of an orator; a threatening gesture.
• locomotion — the act or power of moving from place to place.
• wandering — moving from place to place without a fixed plan; roaming; rambling: wandering tourists.
• stirring — rousing, exciting, or thrilling: a stirring speech.
• journeying — a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time; trip: a six-day journey across the desert.
• motility — Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.
• patrol — (of a police officer, soldier, etc.) to pass along a road, beat, etc., or around or through a specified area in order to maintain order and security.
• transition — movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, subject, concept, etc., to another; change: the transition from adolescence to adulthood.
• drift — a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
• sweep — to move or remove (dust, dirt, etc.) with or as if with a broom, brush, or the like.
• current — A current is a steady and continuous flowing movement of some of the water in a river, lake, or sea.
• swing — to play (music) in the style of swing.
• front — the foremost part or surface of anything.