Other Words for Move

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Move as a Adjective has these synonyms:

move house, move out, remove, move away, relocate, decamp, depart, change residence, emigrate, go or make off, transfer, take off (for), pull up stakes, up sticks, split (for)
Example: When did you say you were moving to London.

Move as a Noun has these synonyms:

gesture, gesticulation, action, motion, stirring
Example: One move and you're a dead man.

shift, stir, budge, make a move, go, proceed, advance, progress
Example: It is difficult to move in a strait-jacket. The train is moving at a rate of sixty miles an hour. Don't move - I have a gun.

turn, time, opportunity
Example: I have had my turn, now it's your move.

Move as a Verb has these synonyms:

affect, touch, stir, shake up, agitate, hit (hard), upset, strike, smite, disturb, ruffle, disquiet, have an (or a profound) effect (on), make a (deep) impression (on)
Example: The pictures of starving children moved everyone.

arouse, rouse, provoke, actuate, lead, prompt, spur, motivate, influence, impel, prod, remind, inspire, make
Example: His mention of families moved me to ask when he had last seen his father.

change, change-over, relocation, transfer, shift, removal
Example: My supervisor suggested a move to a different department.

maneuver, device, trick, caper, dodge, ploy, stratagem, artifice, ruse, action, act, deed, gimmick
Example: Getting Diana to invite Colin was a very good move.

propose, put forward or forth, forward, advance, submit, suggest, advocate, propound
Example: The question of budget was moved at the last meeting.

provoke, arouse, excite, stir up, lead, rouse, stimulate
Example: At the end of the film, when she died, I was moved to tears.

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