Hypernyms for "movement"

More general terms or categories

abduction ad blitz ad campaign adduction advance advancement advertising campaign agitation anti-war movement approach approaching art movement artistic movement ascending ascension ascent backlash bend bending body English Boy Scouts Brownian motion Brownian movement cam stroke campaigning candidacy candidature change of location charm campaign chase circumduction Civil Rights movement closing coast coming common front commotion consumerism conveyance crawl crustal movement cultural movement dart deflection deflexion deracination descent displacement disturbance ecumenism electioneering eurhythmics eurhythmy eurythmics eurythmy eversion everting evolutionary trend eye movement falun gong feminism feminist movement fetal movement Fighting French flicker flit flow flutter foetal movement following forward motion Free French fund-raising campaign fund-raising drive fund-raising effort gay lib gay liberation movement gesture glide gravitation haste headshake headshaking heave hurry hurrying inclination inclining insertion intermezzo introduction intromission inversion jerk jerking jitter jolt kick kicking kneel kneeling letting down locomotion lost cause lowering lunge lurch maneuver manoeuvre migration moving ridge oecumenism onward motion opening passage passing pedesis periodic motion periodic movement pitch pitching play political campaign political movement posing procession progress progression prostration pursual pursuit quiver quivering reach reaching rebound reciprocation reclining recoil reform reform movement religious movement repercussion retraction retroflection retroflexion return rise rotary motion rotation rush rushing saccade scherzo seek shift shifting shutting sitting slide slippage snap span speed speeding squat squatting squeeze squirm standing straddle stream stretch stroke sweep swing swinging tectonic movement throw toss transfer transferral translation transplant transplantation transplanting transport transportation travel traveling travelling troop movement turn turning twist undulation upending vacillation vibration war wave waver whirl wiggle wobble women''s lib women''s liberation movement wrench wriggle wring youth crusade youth movement Zionism Zionist movement
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.