Buy
Buy verb - To get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for.
Move
Move verb - To change the place or position of.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good buy | good move |
| high | high buy | high move |
| best | best buy | best move |
| free | free buy | free move |
| Other adjectives: powerful, real, big, bad, new, random, different. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Their battlefield role is pretty much "charge anything that gets close and die horribly to buy time for the Fire Warriors to move to another position".
Source: We are "Team Cannon Fodder" -
In Episode 1, Vaughn asks Rhys what he's going to buy as his first move after his promotion, and you can choose to say you'd buy lunch.
- Mortal Kombat II parodies this in the friendship move done by the male ninja characters, where they flat out tell the player to buy a doll of him.
Source: Now Buy the Merchandise
Cite this Source
Move and Buy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 09, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/buy/move
Buy & Move. N.p., 2016. Web. 09 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/buy/move>.
Move or Buy. 2016. Accessed August 09, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/buy/move.
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