nonmover

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noun

One who does not move house.

OriginEnglish mover ← Middle English moven ← Old Northern French mover →
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Meanings

nounnonmover (plural nonmovers)

plural nonmovers

  1. One who does not move house.

    Over all, movers were more likely than nonmovers to be unemployed, renters, poor and black.

    2009 April 23, Sam Roberts, “As Housing Market Dips, More in U.S. Are Staying Put”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
immobile

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  16. Proto-Italic*moweō
  17. Latinmovēre
  18. Old Northern Frenchmover
  19. Middle Englishmoven
  20. Englishmove
  21. Englishmover
  22. Englishnonmover

From non- + mover.

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Cite this entry
APA

nonmover. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonmover

MLA

“nonmover.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonmover. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonmover,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonmover.

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