Hypernyms for "motion"

More general terms or categories

abduction acclaim adduction advance advancement agitation applaud approach approaching ascending ascension ascent backlash beck beckon bend bending bless body English bow bow down bowing Brownian motion Brownian movement cam stroke change of location chase circumduction clap closing coast coming commotion crawl cross oneself crustal movement curtsey curtsy dart deflection deflexion descent displacement disturbance eurhythmics eurhythmy eurythmics eurythmy eversion everting exsert extend eye movement facial expression facial gesture fetal movement flicker flit flourish flow flutter foetal movement following forward motion gesticulation gesture glide haste headshake headshaking heave high-five hold out hurry hurrying inclination inclining inversion jerk jerking jitter jolt kick kicking kneel kneeling locomotion lunge lurch maneuver manoeuvre migration moving ridge nod obeisance onward motion opening palpitation passage passing pedesis periodic motion periodic movement perpetual motion pitch pitching play posing precession previous question procession progress progression prostration pursual pursuit put out quiver quivering reach reaching rebound reciprocation reclining recoil repercussion retraction retroflection retroflexion return rise rotary motion rotation rush rushing saccade seek shake shakiness shaking shift shifting shrug shutting sign sign of the cross sitting slide slippage snap span spat speed speeding squat squatting squeeze squirm standing straddle stream stretch stretch forth stretch out stroke sweep swing swinging tectonic movement throw toss translation travel traveling travelling trembling turn turning twist undulation upending V sign vacillation vibration wafture wave waver waving whirl wiggle wink wobble wrench wriggle wring
What are hypernyms?

Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.

Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.