Meanings
plural movers
- Someone who or something that moves.
- A dancer.
- A person employed to help people move their possessions from one residence to another.
I'm getting too old to expect my friends to schlep all my stuff for beer and pizza. I'm hiring movers this time.
Synonyms: removalist
- Someone who proposes a motion at a meeting.
- A product that sells well.
"The Celtic Soul Brothers" (#86, 1983) was a moderate mover of a follow-up.
1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 389
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person employed to help people move their possessions from one residence to another.
More synonyms by meaning
noun(parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion
nouna company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to another
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
- Proto-Italic*moweō
- Latinmovēre
- Old Northern Frenchmover
- Middle Englishmoven
- Englishmove
- Englishmover
Translations
Bulgarian двигател, инициатор
- двигател (dvigatel)someone who or something that moves
- инициатор (iniciator)someone who proposes a motion at a meeting
Finnish liikkuja, liikuttaja
- liikkujasomeone who or something that moves
- liikuttajasomeone who or something that moves
- aloitteen esittäjäsomeone who proposes a motion at a meeting
- ehdottajasomeone who proposes a motion at a meeting
German Beweger, Bewegerin
- Bewegersomeone who or something that moves
- Bewegerinsomeone who or something that moves
Irish breabhsaire
- breabhsairesomeone who or something that moves
Māori kaimōtini
- kaimōtinisomeone who proposes a motion at a meeting
Swedish flyttare, motionär
- flyttaresomeone who or something that moves
- motionärsomeone who proposes a motion at a meeting
Welsh ysgogydd, cynigydd
- ysgogyddsomeone who or something that moves
- cynigyddsomeone who proposes a motion at a meeting
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with mover
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Cite this entry
mover. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mover
“mover.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mover. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mover,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mover.
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