Definition of movements

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• movements is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 16
• movements is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 16
• movements is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 20

Definition of movements

• the act of changing location from one place to another (noun)

  Examples

  1. the movement of people from the farms to the cities

  Synonyms

  1. motion
  2. move
• a euphemism for defecation (noun)

  Examples

  1. he had a bowel movement

  Synonyms

  1. bm
  2. bowel movement
• a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals (noun)

  Examples

  1. he was a charter member of the movement
  2. politicians have to respect a mass movement

  Synonyms

  1. front
  2. social movement
• an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object (noun)

  Examples

  1. the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement

  Synonyms

  1. apparent motion
  2. apparent movement
  3. motion
• a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. motion
• a general tendency to change (as of opinion) (noun)

  Examples

  1. a broad movement of the electorate to the right

  Synonyms

  1. drift
  2. trend
• a change of position that does not entail a change of location (noun)

  Examples

  1. movement is a sign of life

  Synonyms

  1. motility
  2. motion
  3. move
• a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end (noun)

  Examples

  1. the movement to end slavery

  Synonyms

  1. campaign
  2. cause
  3. crusade
  4. drive
  5. effort
• a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata (noun)

  Examples

  1. the second movement is slow and melodic
• the act of changing the location of something (noun)

  Examples

  1. the movement of cargo onto the vessel
• the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock) (noun)

  Examples

  1. it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement

See definition of movements in Merriam Webster