moving

Main Entry:
moving [moo-ving]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: affecting, exciting
Synonyms: affective, arousing, awakening, breathless, dynamic, eloquent, emotional, emotive, expressive, facund, far-out, felt in gut, grabbed by, gripping, hairy*, heartbreaking, heartrending, impelling, impressive, inspirational, inspiring, meaningful, mind-bending, mind-blowing*, motivating, persuasive, poignant, propelling, provoking, quickening, rallying, rousing, sententious, significant, something*, stimulating, stimulative, stirring, stunning, touching, turned on by
Antonyms: unaffecting, unemotional, unexciting, unmoving
Main Entry: move
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be in motion, put in motion
Synonyms: actuate, advance, blow, budge, bustle, carry, change, climb, crawl, cross, depart, dislocate, disturb, drift, drive, exit, flow, fly, get away, get going, get off, glide, go, go away, head for, hurry, impel, jump, leap, leave, locomote, march, migrate, off-load, position, proceed, progress, propel, pull out, push, quit, relocate, remove, roll, run, scram, shift, ship, shove, skip out, split, stir, switch, take off, transfer, transport, transpose, travel, traverse, walk, withdraw
Antonyms: fix, pause, remain, stay, stop
Main Entry: move
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: motivate, influence
Synonyms: activate, actuate, advocate, affect, agitate, bring, bring up, budge, carry, cause, convert, draw up, drive, excite, get going, give rise to, impel, impress, incite, induce, inspire, inspirit, instigate, introduce, lead, operate, persuade, play on, prevail upon, prompt, propel, propose, push, put forward, quicken, recommend, rouse, shift, shove, start, stimulate, stir, strike, submit, suggest, sway, touch, tug at, turn, urge, work on
Antonyms: discourage, dishearten, dissuade
Main Entry: active
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: having movement
Synonyms: alive, astir, at work, bustling, effective, efficacious, exertive, flowing, functioning, going, hasty, impelling, in force, in play, in process, mobile, movable, moving, operating, operative, progressive, pushing, rapid, restless, rolling, running, rushing, rustling, shifting, simmering, speeding, speedy, streaming, swarming, traveling, turning, walking, working
Notes: active knowledge is the knowledge of a language which a user actively employs in speech or writing, as opposed to passive knowledge, which is what a person understands in what he/she hears or reads
Antonyms: abeyant, dormant, immobile, inactive, inert, lazy, sluggish
Main Entry: animate
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: alive
Synonyms: breathing, live, living, mortal, moving, viable, vital, zoetic
Antonyms: dead
Main Entry: awesome
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: amazing
Synonyms: alarming, astonishing, awe-inspiring, awful, beautiful, breathtaking, daunting, dreadful, exalted, fearful, fearsome, formidable, frantic, frightening, grand, hairy*, horrible, horrifying, imposing, impressive, intimidating, magnificent, majestic, mean, mind-blowing*, moving, nervous, overwhelming, real gone, shocking, something else, striking, stunning, stupefying, terrible, terrifying, wonderful, wondrous, zero cool
Antonyms: unamazing
Main Entry: breathtaking
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: beautiful, awesome
Synonyms: amazing, astonishing, awe-inspiring, exciting, hair-raising, heart-stirring, heart-stopping, impressive, magnificent, moving, overwhelming, spine-tingling, stunning, thrilling
Antonyms: disgusting, ugly
Main Entry: ceremonious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: ritual, formal
Synonyms: civil, courteous, courtly, decorous, deferential, dignified, exact, grandiose, impressive, majestic, moving, precise, proper, punctilious, seemly, solemn, starchy, stately, stiff, striking
Notes: ceremonial is more often applied to things (clothing, etc.) and ceremonious is used for persons and things (occasion, venue)
Antonyms: informal, relaxed, unceremonious, unobserved
Main Entry: convincing
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: persuasive
Synonyms: acceptable, authentic, believeable, cogent, conclusive, credible, dependable, faithful, hopeful, impressive, incontrovertible, likely, moving, plausible, possible, powerful, presumable, probable, rational, reasonable, reliable, satisfactory, satisfying, solid, sound, swaying, telling, trustworthy, trusty, valid
Antonyms: doubtful, dubious, implausible, improbable, incredible, unconvincing, unlikely, unpersuasive
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