Synonyms of movements

movements

noun

plural of movement

1

as in moves

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 & Similar Words

• moves
• motions
• shifts
• stirrings
• stirs
• migrations
• dislocations
• relocations
• locomotions
• mobilities
• squirms
• motilities
• motivities
• fiddlings

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• inertias
• immobilities
• stoppages
• stops
• pauses
• finishes
• shutdowns
• endings
• lapses
• terminations
• cessations
• expirations
• discontinuances
• halts
• shutoffs
• surceases

2

as in campaigns

a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal

a movement for political reform in the city

Synonyms & Similar Words

• campaigns
• crusades
• causes
• pushes
• initiatives
• drives
• marches
• projects
• actions
• maneuvers
• attacks
• juggernauts
• bids
• bandwagons
• missions
• assaults
• blitzes
• offensives
• enterprises
• undertakings

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of movements

Troop movements over the past couple of weeks indicate the group is concentrating on seizing the southwestern highlands, which could then open the way for a push toward the government’s capital, Aden. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026

The bombers were redeployed back to their home bases in the United States, AP reported, citing a Pentagon official who was not authorized to discuss sensitive military movements and spoke on condition of anonymity. — Azhar Sukri,terri Cullen, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026

The story of New England’s abolitionists is often told in fragments — names, dates, movements — but rarely in full. — Sam Calhoun, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026

Adding to the solemnity of the occasion was a string quartet that played two slow movements from Alban Berg’s Lyric Suite. — Peter E. Gordon, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026

More complex layouts might eventually produce stronger swimming or other movements. — New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2026

Separate flights were arranged, with Machado traveling separately from some members of the group and the journalists in an effort to make her movements less conspicuous. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

Now there’s another way to trade their price movements without actually owning the shares. — Bruce Blythe, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Oct. 2026

The team also mapped this change to the ventrolateral striatum (VLS), an area of the striatum involved particularly in movements of the mouth and tongue. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026