Synonyms for motion
ˈmoʊ ʃənmo·tion

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1. motionnoun

   Antonyms:
   rest

2. motionverb

   To gesture indicating a desired movement.

   He motioned for me to come closer.

   Synonyms:
   movement

   Antonyms:
   rest

3. motionnoun

   A change of position with respect to time.

   Antonyms:
   rest

4. motionnoun

   Antonyms:
   rest

5. motionnoun

   The motion to amend is now open for discussion.

   Antonyms:
   rest

6. motionnoun

   Antonyms:
   rest

7. motionnoun

   Antonyms:
   rest

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. motion

   Motion is change of place or position in space; transition is a passing from one point or position in space to another. Motion may be either abstract or concrete, more frequently the former; movement is always concrete, that is, considered in connection with the thing that moves or is moved; thus, we speak of the movements of the planets, but of the laws of planetary motion; of military movements, but of perpetual motion. Move is used chiefly of contests or competition, as in chess or politics; as, it is your move; a shrewd move of the opposition. Action is a more comprehensive word than motion. We now rarely speak of mental or spiritual motions, but rather of mental or spiritual acts or processes, or of the laws of mental action, but a formal proposal of action in a deliberative assembly is termed a motion. Compare ACT.

   Synonyms:
   act, action, change, change, move, movement, passage, process, transit, transition

   Antonyms:
   immobility, quiescence, quiet, repose, rest, stillness

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1. gesture, motionnoun

   the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals

   Synonyms:
   move, gesture, apparent motion, movement, motility, apparent movement, question

   Antonyms:
   motionlessness, stillness, lifelessness

2. movement, motionnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   apparent motion, bm, bowel movement, crusade, drive, effort, front, move, question, movement, campaign, drift, apparent movement, trend, gesture, cause, social movement, motility

   Antonyms:
   lifelessness, motionlessness, stillness

3. motion, movement, move, motilitynoun

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

   "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"

   Synonyms:
   apparent motion, bm, bowel movement, crusade, drive, relocation, effort, front, move, question, movement, campaign, drift, apparent movement, trend, gesture, cause, social movement, motility

   Antonyms:
   lifelessness, motionlessness, stillness

4. motionnoun

   a state of change

   "they were in a state of steady motion"

   Synonyms:
   gesture, apparent motion, apparent movement, question, motility, move, movement

   Antonyms:
   motionlessness, stillness, lifelessness

5. motion, questionnoun

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

   "he made a motion to adjourn"; "she called for the question"

   Synonyms:
   interrogative sentence, dubiousness, doubtfulness, enquiry, motility, inquiry, apparent motion, question, movement, interrogation, query, apparent movement, gesture, move, interrogative, head, doubt

   Antonyms:
   stillness, motionlessness, lifelessness

6. motion, movement, movenoun

   the act of changing location from one place to another

   "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"

   Synonyms:
   apparent motion, bm, bowel movement, crusade, drive, relocation, effort, front, move, question, movement, campaign, drift, apparent movement, trend, gesture, cause, social movement, motility

   Antonyms:
   stillness, lifelessness, motionlessness

7. apparent motion, motion, apparent movement, movementverb

   an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object

   "the cinema relies on apparent motion"; "the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement"

   Synonyms:
   apparent motion, bm, bowel movement, crusade, drive, effort, front, move, question, movement, campaign, drift, apparent movement, trend, gesture, cause, social movement, motility

   Antonyms:
   stillness, motionlessness, lifelessness

8. gesticulate, gesture, motionverb

   show, express or direct through movement

   "He gestured his desire to leave"

   Synonyms:
   gesture, gesticulate

   Antonyms:
   stillness, motionlessness, lifelessness

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Communicate
   • Happening
   • Proposal
   • State
   • Visual Communication

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. motionnoun

   Synonyms:
   [Opposed to Rest.] movement, action, passage, change of place

2. motionnoun

   Synonyms:
   impulse, prompting, suggestion

3. motionnoun

   Synonyms:
   proposition (especially one made in a deliberative body), proposal

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1. motionnoun

   Synonyms:
   movement, activity, gesture, signal, gesticulation, port, gait, impulse

   Antonyms:
   inertia, rest, stagnation, immobility, quiescence, repose

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "motion":

   proposal, motions, movement, move, request, point, proposed, suggestion, resolution, mouvement, application, proposition, petition, gang, proposals

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1. List of known nicknames for "Motion":

   Chris Coodes, Recon, Chris Coode

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1. Reginald V. Johnson:

   “Aberjhani's voice should be heard around the world. He is an extraordinarily gifted writer whose words are more than inspirational, intriguing, and eloquent ... they are poetry in motion.”

2. Hermes Gadelha:

   It could be that the rolling motion hides some subtle aspects about the health of this sperm or how well it can travel quickly, these are all very hypothetical questions. What we hope is that more scientist and fertility experts will become interested and ask,' OK, how does this influence infertility ?'.

3. Charles Krauthammer:

   There is a reason that these murder rates are going up, that is because we’re having a slow motion police strike where police are either not going into the neighborhoods or pulling away in a dangerous incident over confrontation.

4. Samuel Taylor Coleridge:

   Five miles meandering with mazy motion,Through dale the sacred river ran,Then reached the caverns measureless to man,And sank the tumult to a lifeless oceanAnd 'mid this tumult Kubla heard from farAncestral voices prophesying war

5. John Cunningham:

   This is a most unusual sale motion in that we have an objection from Polo North to their own sale, in my 23 years in practicing bankruptcy, I have yet to see that.