Move and Refrain

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Move

Move verb - Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).
Usage example: We must move quickly
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Antonyms for Move
Refrain is an antonym for move.
Nearby Words: moving, moved, movement, mover, movable

Refrain

Refrain verb - Resist doing something.
Usage example: He refrained from hitting him back
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Antonyms for Refrain
Move is an antonym for refrain.
Nearby Words: refrained, refraining
Similar words of move

Similar words of refrain

Common collocations

number move number refrain number
time move time refrain time
money move money refrain money
planet move planet refrain planet
Other words: units.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Dinosaur King The English opening theme has a refrain that's apparently meant to say "Make your move, come on and make your move", but it's quite possible to hear it as "Take your Pokémon and make your move".
    Source: Video Game / Dinosaur King
  • Octoroon Rangoon starts out as an active orchestral piece, only for the last thirty seconds or so to move into a menacing piano refrain culminating in a heavily distorted "Make her a member of the Midnight Crew..." that sounds rather like it was remixed in hell.
    Source: Last Note Nightmare
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Refrain and Move. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/move/refrain
Move & Refrain. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/move/refrain>.
Refrain or Move. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/move/refrain.

Antonyms for move


Antonyms for refrain

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