Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Motion (Successive change of place)

Nouns
  • motion, movement, move
  • going etc. v.
  • unrest. stream, flow, flux, run, course, stir
  • evolution
  • kinematics
  • telekinesis. step, rate, pace, tread, stride, gait, port, footfall, cadence, carriage, velocity, angular velocity
  • clip, progress, locomotion
  • journey etc. [Locomotion by land.] Journey
  • voyage etc. [Locomotion by water, or air.] Navigation
  • transit etc. Transference. restlessness etc. (changeableness) Changeableness
  • mobility
  • movableness, motive power
  • laws of motion
  • mobilization.
Verbs
  • be in motion etc. adj.
  • move, go, hie, gang, budge, stir, pass, flit
  • hover about, hover round, hover about
  • shift, slide, glide
  • roll, roll on
  • flow, stream, run, drift, sweep along
  • wander etc. (deviate) Deviation
  • walk etc. [Locomotion by land.] Journey
  • change one's place, shift one's place, change one's quarters, shift one's quarters
  • dodge
  • keep going, keep moving
  • put in motion, set in motion
  • move
  • impel etc. Impulse
  • propel etc. [Motion given to an object situated in front.] Propulsion
  • render movable, mobilize.
Adjectives
Adverbs
  • under way
  • on the move, on the wing, on the tramp, on the march.
Phrases
  • eppur si muove [Galileo]