Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases

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CLASS II SECTION IV. 1. MOTION IN GENERAL


264. [Successive change of place.] Motion -- N. motion, movement, move; going &c v.; unrest.

265. Quiescence -- N. rest; stillness &c adj.; quiescence; stagnation, stagnancy; fixity, immobility, catalepsy; indisturbance † ; quietism.

266. [Locomotion by land.] Journey -- N. travel; traveling &c v.. wayfaring, campaigning.

267. [Locomotion by water, or air.] Navigation -- N. navigation; aquatics; boating, yachting; ship &c 273; oar, paddle, screw, sail, canvas, aileron.

268. Traveler -- N. traveler, wayfarer, voyager, itinerant, passenger, commuter.

269. Mariner -- N. sailor, mariner, navigator; seaman, seafarer, seafaring man; dock walloper [Slang] ; tar, jack tar, salt, able seaman, A.

270. Transference -- N. transfer, transference; translocation, elocation † ; displacement; metastasis, metathesis; removal; remotion † , amotion † ; relegation; deportation, asportation † ; extradition, conveyance, draft, carrying, carriage; convection, conduction, contagion; transfer &c (of property) 783.

271. Carrier -- N. carrier, porter, bearer, tranter † , conveyer; cargador † ; express, expressman; stevedore, coolie; conductor, locomotive, motor.

272. Vehicle -- N. vehicle, conveyance, carriage, caravan, van; common carrier; wagon, waggon † , wain, dray, cart, lorry.

273. Ship -- N. ship, vessel, sail; craft, bottom.