MOVER
Dictionary entry overview: What does mover mean?
• MOVER (noun)
The noun MOVER has 4 senses:
1. workman employed by a moving company
2. (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion
3. someone who moves
4. a company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to another
Familiarity information: MOVER used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• MOVER (noun)
Meaning:
Workman employed by a moving company
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
the movers were very careful with the grand piano
Hypernyms ("mover" is a kind of...):
working man; working person; workingman; workman (an employee who performs manual or industrial labor)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mover"):
remover (someone who works for a company that moves furniture)
Meaning:
(parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
mover; proposer
Hypernyms ("mover" is a kind of...):
conceiver; mastermind; originator (someone who creates new things)
Domain category:
order; parliamentary law; parliamentary procedure; rules of order (a body of rules followed by an assembly)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mover"):
nominator (someone who proposes a candidate for appointment or election)
Meaning:
Someone who moves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("mover" is a kind of...):
traveler; traveller (a person who changes location)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mover"):
advancer (someone who advances)
traverser (someone who moves or passes across)
transferer; transferrer (someone who transfers something)
scrambler (a rapid mover; someone who scrambles)
pusher; shover (someone who pushes)
puller (someone who applies force so as to cause motion toward herself or himself)
lunger (someone who moves forward suddenly (as in fencing))
hitter; striker (someone who hits)
descender (someone who descends)
coaster (someone who coasts)
ascender (someone who ascends)
Meaning:
A company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
moving company; public mover; removal company; removal firm; mover
Hypernyms ("mover" is a kind of...):
company (an institution created to conduct business)
