Antonyms for move on
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : moov |
Phonetic Transcription : muv |
- aid
- argue
- arrive
- avoid
- back down
- back up
- bicker
- cease
- combine
- come
- come in
- complete
- continue
- decline
- decrease
- depart
- deteriorate
- discontinue
- disorder
- displace
- distance
- end
- enter
- fail
- fill
- finish
- forget
- go
- go away
- halt
- help
- hesitate
- hinder
- hold
- join
- keep
- keep to
- leave
- linger
- lose
- miss
- neglect
- occupy
- overlook
- persevere
- prevent
- recede
- remain
- remove
- retard
- retreat
- retrogress
- return
- stay
- stop
- take back
- turn
- wait
- withdraw
- yield
Definition of move on
Origin :- late 13c., from Anglo-French mover, Old French movoir "to move, get moving, set out; set in motion; introduce" (Modern French mouvoir), from Latin movere "move, set in motion; remove; disturb" (past participle motus, frequentative motare), from PIE root *meue- "to push away" (cf. Sanskrit kama-muta "moved by love" and probably mivati "pushes, moves;" Lithuanian mauti "push on;" Greek ameusasthai "to surpass," amyno "push away").
- Intransitive sense developed in Old French and came thence to English, though it now is rare in French. Meaning "to affect with emotion" is from c.1300; that of "to prompt or impel toward some action" is from late 14c. Sense of "to change one's place of residence" is from 1707. Meaning "to propose (something) in an assembly, etc.," is first attested mid-15c. Related: Moved; moving.
- As in approach : verb come nearer
- As in proceed : verb physically or mentally carry on, carry out
- As in progress : verb move forward
- As in advance : verb move something forward, often quickly
- As in depart : verb leave, retreat
- As in get along : verb depart
- As in go ahead : verb proceed
- As in impose : verb set, dictate
Synonyms for move on
- abandon
- abdicate
- absent
- accelerate
- achieve
- advance
- appoint
- approximate
- be comparable to
- be like
- be off
- bear
- beat it
- begin
- belly up to
- blast off
- border
- bring forward
- burden
- buzz
- catch up
- charge
- close in
- come
- come at
- come close
- come forward
- command
- compare with
- compel
- conquer
- constrain
- contact
- continue
- continue ahead
- continue on
- converge
- correspond to
- cover ground
- creep up
- cut and run
- cut out
- dash
- dash ahead
- decamp
- decree
- demand
- desert
- disappear
- dispatch
- draw near
- drive
- edge
- edge forward
- elevate
- emigrate
- encroach
- enforce
- enjoin
- equal
- escape
- establish
- evacuate
- exact
- exit
- fare
- fix
- foist
- force
- force upon
- forge ahead
- gain ground
- gain on
- get
- get ahead
- get along
- get away
- get going
- get green light
- get on
- get on with
- get there
- get under way
- get with it
- git
- go
- go ahead
- go away
- go forth
- go forward
- go great guns
- go on
- go places
- go to town
- go toward
- hasten
- hie
- hit the bricks
- hit the road
- hit the trail
- horn in
- impend
- inflict
- infringe
- institute
- introduce
- intrude
- journey
- keep going
- lade
- launch
- lay
- lay down
- lay down the law
- leave
- levy
- loom up
- lunge
- make a break
- make a start
- make headway
- make strides
- make the scene
- march
- march out
- match
- meet
- migrate
- move
- move in on
- move off
- move on
- move onward
- move out
- move toward
- move up
- near
- oblige
- obtrude
- ordain
- order
- part
- pass
- perish
- place
- prescribe
- press on
- presume
- proceed
- progress
- promote
- promulgate
- propel
- pull out
- push ahead
- push on
- put
- put foot down
- quicken
- quit
- reach
- read riot act
- remove
- repair
- require
- resemble
- retire
- saddle
- sally forth
- say goodbye
- scram
- secede
- send forward
- set forth
- set in motion
- shoot
- shoot ahead
- shove off
- skyrocket
- slip away
- speed
- split
- start
- start out
- step forward
- storm
- surround
- take a hike
- take advantage
- take after
- take leave
- tergiversate
- threaten
- travel
- trespass
- troop
- vacate
- vanish
- verge upon
- visit
- wend
- wish
- withdraw
- wreak
- wreck
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