locomotionnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌləʊ.kəˈməʊ.ʃən/us/ˌloʊ.kəˈmoʊ.ʃən/formalthe ability to move
Synonym
movement
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Movement
- ambulatory
- be treading water idiom
- catalepsy
- comings
- floating
- get
- gravitation
- immobile
- immobilize
- inert
- mobile
- motility
- motion
- movable
- moving
- pull
- pull up short idiom
- rooted
- still
- tread
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General words for movement
Examples from literature
- Animals move in many different ways, and there are different names to describe these special kinds of locomotion.
- Animals use many different kinds of locomotion.
- Locomotion is the way things move and travel.
- People mostly use their legs for locomotion.
- People study the locomotion of animals and use the information in interesting ways.
- This kind of locomotion is called slithering.