motion - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the act of changing location from one place to another

Synonyms

• motion
• move
• movement

More generic

• change

More specific

• 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

Synonyms

• motility
• motion
• move
• movement

More generic

• change

More specific

• 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

Synonyms

• gesture
• motion

More generic

• visual communication

More specific

• V sign
• beck
• bow
• bowing
• curtsey
• curtsy
• facial expression
• facial gesture
• flourish
• gesticulation
• high-five
• nod
• obeisance
• previous question
• shrug
• sign
• sign of the cross
• wafture
• wave
• waving

Noun

a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote

Synonyms

• motion
• question

More generic

• proposal

Noun

a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something

Synonyms

• motion
• movement

More generic

• happening
• natural event
• occurrence
• occurrent

More specific

• 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

Synonyms

• apparent motion
• apparent movement
• motion
• movement

More generic

• optical illusion

Noun

a state of change

Synonyms

• motion

More generic

• state

Opposite / Antonyms

• motionlessness

More specific

• flow
• palpitation
• perpetual motion
• precession
• quiver
• quivering
• shakiness
• shaking
• stream
• trembling
• vibration

Verb

show, express or direct through movement

Synonyms

• gesticulate
• gesture
• motion

More generic

• communicate
• intercommunicate

More specific

• acclaim
• applaud
• beckon
• bless
• bow
• bow down
• clap
• cross oneself
• exsert
• extend
• hold out
• nod
• put out
• shake
• shrug
• sign
• spat
• stretch forth
• stretch out
• wave
• wink

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