Antonyms for mover

Grammar : Noun

Spell : moo-ver

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmu vər

Definition of mover

Origin : late 14c., agent noun from move (v.). Originally of God. Meaning "one who moves goods as a profession" is from 1838.

As in migrant : noun person who moves to a foreign place
As in mover and shaker : noun person who makes things happen
As in transport : noun move, transfer
As in best-seller : noun top-selling item
As in prime mover : noun cause
As in inciter : noun agitator
As in rising star : noun comer
As in up-and-comer : noun comer
As in agent : noun person representing an organization or person in business
As in agitator : noun person who disturbs, causes trouble
As in father/mother : noun founder, inventor
As in gadfly : noun goad; nuisance

Example sentences :

That is particularly the case when he is dealing with the soul and the first mover.
Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various

In turn the latter takes the idea of a first mover from physics.
Extract from : « A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy » by Isaac Husik

For the argument from motion does not give us a creator but a first mover.
Extract from : « A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy » by Isaac Husik

This mover is either outside the sphere it moves or within it.
Extract from : « A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy » by Isaac Husik

Well, goodness knows our Junior League needs a mover of some sort.
Extract from : « Prudence Says So » by Ethel Hueston

I became the depositary of his secrets and the mover of his counsels.
Extract from : « The Pacha of Many Tales » by Frederick Marryat

The motion was denied, and the mover of it emphatically rebuked.
Extract from : « Quaker Hill » by Warren H. Wilson

My first thought was that it was the camp-fire of some mover on the fire-brake.
Extract from : « Track's End » by Hayden Carruth

Defendant "a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world."
Extract from : « Not Paul, But Jesus » by Jeremy Bentham

The speech of the mover could not fully surmount these disadvantages.
Extract from : « Lord Randolph Churchill » by Winston Spencer Churchill

Synonyms for mover

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