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NONMOVING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nonmoving mean?
• NONMOVING (adjective)
The adjective NONMOVING has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: NONMOVING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not in motion
Synonyms:
nonmoving; unmoving
Similar:
inactive; motionless; static; still (not in physical motion)
becalmed (rendered motionless for lack of wind)
fixed; rigid; set (fixed and unmoving)
frozen; rooted; stock-still (absolutely still)
inert (unable to move or resist motion)
sitting (not moving and therefore easy to attack)
stationary (standing still)
Also:
immobile (not capable of movement or of being moved)
Attribute:
motion (a state of change)
Antonym:
moving (in motion)
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