What does MOVEMENT mean?

Pronunciation
/ˈmuvmənt/
Letters
8
Scrabble score
15
Words With Friends score
19
How common
Common

Meaning

noun

  1. a change of position that does not entail a change of location“the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise”
  2. the act of changing location from one place to another“police controlled the motion of the crowd”
  3. a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
  4. a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals“he was a charter member of the movement”
  5. a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata“the second movement is slow and melodic”
  6. a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end“he supported populist campaigns”
  7. an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object“the cinema relies on apparent motion”
  8. a euphemism for defecation“he had a bowel movement”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

movements16

Anagrams of MOVEMENT

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside MOVEMENT

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Questions

Is MOVEMENT a valid word in word games?

MOVEMENT is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is MOVEMENT worth?

MOVEMENT is worth 15 points with Scrabble letter values and 19 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from MOVEMENT?

63 other words, including TO, ON, NOT and ME.