Definition of move

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• move is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
• move is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
• move is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11

Definition of move

• give an incentive for action (verb)

  Examples

  1. This moved me to sacrifice my career

  Synonyms

  1. actuate
  2. incite
  3. motivate
  4. prompt
  5. propel
• be in a state of action (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. be active
• change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically (verb)

  Examples

  1. The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell

  Synonyms

  1. go
  2. locomote
  3. travel
• the act of changing location from one place to another (noun)

  Examples

  1. the movement of people from the farms to the cities
  2. his move put him directly in my path

  Synonyms

  1. motion
  2. movement
• cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense (verb)

  Examples

  1. The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant

  Synonyms

  1. displace
• perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) (verb)

  Examples

  1. We must move quickly

  Synonyms

  1. act
• the act of changing your residence or place of business (noun)

  Examples

  1. they say that three moves equal one fire

  Synonyms

  1. relocation
• have a turn; make one's move in a game (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. go
• have an emotional or cognitive impact upon (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. affect
  2. impress
  3. strike
• follow a procedure or take a course (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. go
  2. proceed
• a change of position that does not entail a change of location (noun)

  Examples

  1. movement is a sign of life
  2. an impatient move of his hand

  Synonyms

  1. motility
  2. motion
  3. movement
• progress by being changed (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. go
  2. run
• propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. make a motion
• arouse sympathy or compassion in (verb)

  Examples

  1. Her fate moved us all
• change residence, affiliation, or place of employment (verb)

  Examples

  1. We moved from Idaho to Nebraska
  2. The basketball player moved from one team to another
• dispose of by selling (verb)

  Examples

  1. The chairman of the company told the salesmen to move the computers
• (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game (noun)
• go or proceed from one point to another (verb)

  Examples

  1. the debate moved from family values to the economy
• live one's life in a specified environment (verb)

  Examples

  1. she moves in certain circles only
• move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion (verb)

  Examples

  1. He moved his hand slightly to the right
• the act of deciding to do something (noun)

  Examples

  1. he didn't make a move to help
  2. his first move was to hire a lawyer

See definition of move in Merriam Webster