Move definition

Move as a verb

1. change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

   "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"

   Same sense: go, travel, locomote

2. cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

   "Move those boxes into the corner, please"

   Same sense: displace

3. move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion

   "He moved his hand slightly to the right"

4. change residence, affiliation, or place of employment

   "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska"

5. follow a procedure or take a course

   Same sense: go, proceed

6. be in a state of action

   Same sense: be active

7. go or proceed from one point to another

   "the debate moved from family values to the economy"

8. perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)

   "We must move quickly"

   Same sense: act

9. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

   Same sense: strike, affect, impress

10. give an incentive for action

    "This moved me to sacrifice my career"

    Same sense: prompt, motivate, propel, incite, actuate

11. arouse sympathy or compassion in

    "Her fate moved us all"

12. dispose of by selling

    "The chairman of the company told the salesmen to move the computers"

13. progress by being changed

    Same sense: go, run

14. live one's life in a specified environment

    "she moves in certain circles only"

15. have a turn; make one's move in a game

    Same sense: go

16. propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting

    Same sense: make a motion

Move as a noun

17. the act of deciding to do something

    "he didn't make a move to help"

18. the act of changing your residence or place of business

    "they say that three moves equal one fire"

    Same sense: relocation

19. a change of position that does not entail a change of location

    "movement is a sign of life"

    Same sense: movement, motion, motility

20. the act of changing location from one place to another

    "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"

    Same sense: movement, motion

21. (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game

Synonyms and antonyms

• go definition
• travel
• locomote
• displace
• proceed
• be active
• act definition
• strike
• affect
• impress
• prompt
• motivate
• propel
• incite
• actuate
• run definition
• make a motion
• relocation
• movement
• motion
• motility

Opposites: stand still, stay.

All synonyms of move, sense by sense

How to say move

Move has 1 syllable and rhymes with improve. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with move

• improve
• prove
• remove
• approve
• groove
• disapprove
• disprove
• behoove
• countermove

MOVE in word games

Scrabble

9

Words With Friends

11

Anagrams

0

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