noun
Meaning 1
Someone who or something that moves.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
mover
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
-
/ˈmuːvə/
-
Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
-
rhymes with -uːvə(ɹ)
-
CMU ARPABET: M UW1 V ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A dancer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A person employed to help people move their possessions from one residence to another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I'm getting too old to expect my friends to schlep all my stuff for beer and pizza. I'm hiring movers this time.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: removalist
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Someone who proposes a motion at a meeting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A product that sells well.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A chess problem in which the solver must attain checkmate within the specified number of moves.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-compounds
Topics: board-games, chess, games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
a company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: public mover, moving company, removal firm, removal company
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: company
noun
Meaning 8
someone who moves
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: traveler, traveller
Narrower terms: advancer, ascender, coaster, descender, hitter, striker, lunger, puller, pusher, shover, scrambler, transferer, transferrer, traverser
noun
Meaning 9
workman employed by a moving company
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the movers were very careful with the grand piano
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: workman, workingman, working man, working person
Narrower terms: remover
noun
Meaning 10
(parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: proposer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: originator, conceiver, mastermind
Narrower terms: nominator
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh1- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh1éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old Northern French moverbor. Middle English moven English move Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English mover From move + -er.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: двигател (dvigatel) — someone who or something that moves
- Finnish: liikkuja — someone who or something that moves
- Finnish: liikuttaja — someone who or something that moves
- German: Beweger — someone who or something that moves
- German: Bewegerin — someone who or something that moves
- Irish: breabhsaire — someone who or something that moves
- Central Kurdish: جووڵێنەر (cûllêner) — someone who or something that moves
- Swedish: flyttare — someone who or something that moves
- Welsh: ysgogydd — someone who or something that moves
- Bulgarian: инициатор (iniciator) — someone who proposes a motion at a meeting
- Finnish: aloitteen esittäjä — someone who proposes a motion at a meeting
- Finnish: ehdottaja — someone who proposes a motion at a meeting
- Māori: kaimōtini — someone who proposes a motion at a meeting
- Swedish: motionär — someone who proposes a motion at a meeting
- Welsh: cynigydd — someone who proposes a motion at a meeting