Hypernyms for "movement"
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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.