locomote

/ˌloʊkəˈmoʊt/

Other forms: locomoted

To locomote is to move from one place to another. If your siblings' popcorn munching is annoying you during family movie night, you might want to locomote to a chair on the other side of the room.

Locomote isn't used much anymore — you're probably more familiar with related words like locomotive and locomotion. All of these words share the Latin roots loco, "from a place," and motio, "motion." So whenever you're moving from spot to a different one, you can use this unusual verb: "It's time to locomote to Spanish class, see you later!"

Definitions of locomote

1. verb

   change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
   synonyms: go, move, travel

   displace, move

   cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

   types:

   circulate, go around, spread

   become widely known and passed on

   carry

   cover a certain distance or advance beyond

   ease

   move gently or carefully

   whish

   move with a whishing sound

   float

   move lightly, as if suspended

   swap

   move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science

   seek

   go to or towards

   whine

   move with a whining sound

   fly

   be dispersed or disseminated

   ride

   move like a floating object

   come

   cover a certain distance

   ghost

   move like a ghost

   betake oneself

   displace oneself; go from one location to another

   overfly, pass over

   fly over

   travel

   undergo transportation as in a vehicle

   wend

   direct one's course or way

   do

   travel or traverse (a distance)

   raft

   travel by raft in water

   get about, get around

   move around; move from place to place

   repair, resort

   move, travel, or proceed toward some place

   cruise

   travel at a moderate speed

   journey, travel

   travel upon or across

   come, come up

   move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

   round

   wind around; move along a circular course

   trundle

   move slowly or heavily

   push

   move strenuously and with effort

   travel purposefully

   travel volitionally and in a certain direction with a certain goal

   swing

   change direction with a swinging motion; turn

   cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander

   move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

   take the air, walk

   take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure

   meander, thread, wander, weave, wind

   move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

   forge, spirt, spurt

   move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy

   crawl, creep

   move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground

   scramble

   move hurriedly

   slide, slither

   to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly

   roll, trundle, wheel

   move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle

   glide

   move smoothly and effortlessly

   bounce, jounce

   move up and down repeatedly

   breeze

   proceed quickly and easily

   be adrift, blow, drift, float

   be in motion due to some air or water current

   play

   move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly

   float, swim

   be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom

   swim

   move as if gliding through water

   walk

   use one's feet to advance; advance by steps

   move around, turn

   pass to the other side of

   circle

   travel around something

   slice into, slice through

   move through a body or an object with a slicing motion

   drift, err, stray

   wander from a direct course or at random

   run

   travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means

   step

   shift or move by taking a step

   drive, motor

   travel or be transported in a vehicle

   automobile

   travel in an automobile

   ski

   move along on skis

   fly, wing

   travel through the air; be airborne

   steam, steamer

   travel by means of steam power

   tram

   travel by tram

   taxi

   travel slowly

   ferry

   travel by ferry

   caravan

   travel in a caravan

   ride, sit

   sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions

   prance

   spring forward on the hind legs

   swim

   travel through water

   arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise

   move upward

   ascend, go up

   travel up, "We ascended the mountain"

   come down, descend, fall, go down

   move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

   fall

   descend in free fall under the influence of gravity

   crank, zigzag

   travel along a zigzag path

   follow, travel along

   travel along a certain course

   advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress

   move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

   draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw

   pull back or move away or backward

   retrograde

   move in a direction contrary to the usual one

   continue, go forward, proceed

   move ahead; travel onward in time or space

   back

   travel backward

   pan

   make a sweeping movement

   follow

   travel behind, go after, come after

   lead, precede

   move ahead (of others) in time or space

   follow, pursue

   follow in or as if in pursuit

   return

   go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

   derail, jump

   run off or leave the rails

   flock

   move as a crowd or in a group

   accompany

   go or travel along with

   billow

   move with great difficulty

   circulate

   move around freely

   circle, circulate

   move in circles

   angle

   move or proceed at an angle

   go across, go through, pass

   go across or through

   go by, go past, pass, pass by, surpass, travel by

   move past

   hurry, speed, travel rapidly, zip

   move very fast

   speed

   travel at an excessive or illegal velocity

   zoom

   move with a low humming noise

   drive

   move by being propelled by a force

   belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it

   move fast

   shack, trail

   move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly

   shuttle

   travel back and forth between two points

   hiss, whoosh

   move with a whooshing sound

   whisk

   move quickly and nimbly

   barrel, careen, career

   move headlong at high speed

   circuit

   make a circuit

   lance

   move quickly, as if by cutting one's way

   go around, outflank

   go around the flank of (an opposing army)

   propagate

   travel through the air

   draw

   move or go steadily or gradually

   change, transfer

   change from one vehicle or transportation line to another

   swash

   make violent, noisy movements

   pace

   go at a pace

   step, tread

   put down or press the foot, place the foot

   step

   move with one's feet in a specific manner

   hurtle

   move with or as if with a rushing sound

   retreat

   move away, as for privacy

   whistle

   move with, or as with, a whistling sound

   island hop

   travel from one island to the next

   plough, plow

   move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil

   lurch

   move haltingly and unsteadily

   sift

   move as if through a sieve

   fall

   move in a specified direction

   drag

   move slowly and as if with great effort

   run

   move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way

   bang

   move noisily

   precess

   move in a gyrating fashion

   move around, travel

   travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge

   ride

   sit on and control a vehicle

   snowshoe

   travel on snowshoes

   beetle

   fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle

   maneuver

   move skillfully or adroitly, as around obstacles or into a position

   resurrect, rise, uprise

   return from the dead

   break through, crack

   pass through (a barrier)

   emanate

   proceed or issue forth, as from a source

   accost, address, come up to

   speak to someone

   squeak by, squeak through

   escape

   prolapse

   slip or fall out of place, as of body parts

   thrash

   move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation

   fly

   travel in an airplane

   hop

   travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.

   revisit

   visit again

   stooge

   cruise in slow or routine flights

   sail

   traverse or travel on (a body of water)

   ship

   travel by ship

   ride

   ride over, along, or through

   fly

   travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft

   approach, come near

   come near in time

   transit

   pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place)

   tramp down, trample, tread down

   walk on and flatten

   skid, slew, slide, slip, slue

   move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner

   waft

   be driven or carried along, as by the air

   tide

   be carried with the tide

   maunder

   wander aimlessly

   constitutionalize

   take a walk for one's health or to aid digestion, as after a meal

   gad, gallivant, jazz around

   wander aimlessly in search of pleasure

   snake

   move along a winding path

   forge

   move ahead steadily

   scend, surge

   rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave

   formicate

   crawl about like ants

   coast

   move effortlessly; by force of gravity

   bowl

   roll (a ball)

   troll

   cause to move round and round

   skitter

   glide easily along a surface

   snake

   move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake

   dart, fleet, flit, flutter

   move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

   lollop

   walk clumsily and with a bounce

   tap

   walk with a tapping sound

   bumble, falter, stumble

   walk unsteadily

   drift

   move in an unhurried fashion

   fall back

   move back and away from

   buoy

   float on the surface of water

   spacewalk

   spend time outside of a vehicle in space

   foot, hoof, hoof it, leg it

   walk

   toe

   walk so that the toes assume an indicated position or direction

   walk

   accompany or escort

   shlep, traipse

   walk or tramp about

   perambulate, walk about, walk around

   walk with no particular goal

   circumambulate, walk around

   walk around something

   circumnavigate, compass

   travel completely around something, especially by ship or plane

   ambulate

   walk about; not be bedridden or incapable of walking

   creep, mouse, pussyfoot, sneak

   go stealthily or furtively

   cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse

   travel across or pass over

   infiltrate, pass through

   pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict

   run

   cover by running; run a certain distance

   move through, pass across, pass over, pass through, transit

   make a passage or journey from one place to another

   cut

   pass directly and often in haste

   wade

   walk (through relatively shallow water)

   cock, prance, ruffle, sashay, strut, swagger, tittup

   to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others

   sleepwalk, somnambulate

   walk in one's sleep

   slink

   walk stealthily

   gimp, hitch, hobble, limp

   walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury

   scuffle, shamble, shuffle

   walk by dragging one's feet

   saunter, stroll

   walk leisurely and with no apparent aim

   amble, mosey

   walk leisurely

   prowl

   move about in or as if in a predatory manner

   skulk

   move stealthily

   coggle, dodder, paddle, toddle, totter, waddle

   walk unsteadily

   promenade

   take a leisurely walk

   march

   walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride

   stride

   walk with long steps

   hike

   walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise

   footslog, pad, plod, slog, tramp, trudge

   walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

   climb, climb up, go up, mount

   go upward with gradual or continuous progress

   abseil, rappel, rope down

   lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside

   tip, tippytoe, tiptoe

   walk on one's toes

   stalk

   walk stiffly

   buzz

   fly low

   flounce

   walk emphatically

   careen, keel, lurch, reel, stagger, swag

   walk as if unable to control one's movements

   flounder, stagger

   move clumsily or struggle to move, as in mud or water

   stamp, stomp, stump

   walk heavily

   lumber, pound

   move heavily or clumsily

   run

   move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

   consort, run

   keep company

   backpedal

   step backwards, in boxing

   pace

   walk with slow or fast paces

   trample, tread

   tread or stomp heavily or roughly

   slouch

   walk slovenly

   mince

   walk daintily

   clomp, clump

   walk clumsily

   cruise

   drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure

   head

   to go or travel towards

   skate

   move along on skates

   wedel

   ski, alternating directions

   hot-dog

   perform intricate maneuvers while skiing

   schuss

   ski downhill

   slalom

   race on skis around obstacles

   water ski

   ride water skis

   rack

   fly in high wind

   flight

   fly in a flock

   fly on

   continue flying

   plane, skim

   travel on the surface of water

   soar

   fly upwards or high in the sky

   hover

   hang in the air; fly or be suspended above

   soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom

   rise rapidly

   go up

   be erected, built, or constructed

   rocket, skyrocket

   shoot up abruptly, like a rocket

   surf, surfboard

   ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard

   body-surf

   ride the crest of a wave without a surfboard

   ride

   be carried or travel on or in a vehicle

   override

   ride (a horse) too hard

   ride herd

   driving animals such as horses and cattle while riding along with them

   outride

   ride better, faster, or further than

   dismount, get down, get off, light, unhorse

   alight from (a horse)

   ride horseback

   ride on horseback

   prance

   cause (a horse) to bound spring forward

   canter

   ride at a cantering pace

   canter

   go at a canter, of horses

   walk

   walk at a pace

   extend, gallop

   cause to move at full gallop

   rack, single-foot

   go at a rack

   gallop

   go at galloping speed

   school

   swim in or form a large group of fish

   break water, fin

   show the fins above the water while swimming

   fin

   propel oneself through the water in a finning motion

   paddle

   swim like a dog in shallow water

   crawl

   swim by doing the crawl

   breaststroke

   swim with the face down and extend the arms forward and outward while kicking with the leg

   backstroke

   swim on one's back

   skinny-dip

   bathe in the nude

   dive

   swim under water

   avalanche, roll down

   gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow

   dive, plunge, plunk

   drop steeply

   bubble

   rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles

   uplift

   lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces

   chandelle

   climb suddenly and steeply

   steam

   rise as vapor

   ascend, come up, rise, uprise

   come up, of celestial bodies

   go down, go under, set

   disappear beyond the horizon

   correct, decline, slump

   go down in value

   precipitate

   fall vertically, sharply, or headlong

   sink, subside

   descend into or as if into some soft substance or place

   crash

   fall or come down violently

   flop

   fall suddenly and abruptly

   topple, tumble

   fall down, as if collapsing

   drop

   fall vertically

   plop

   drop with the sound of something falling into water

   pitch

   fall or plunge forward

   alight, climb down

   come down

   go down, go under, settle, sink

   go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"

   come up, rise, rise up, surface

   come to the surface

   uprise

   ascend as a sound

   heel

   follow at the heels of a person

   penetrate

   make one's way deeper into or through

   creep up, sneak up

   advance stealthily or unnoticed

   encroach, impinge, infringe

   advance beyond the usual limit

   plough on, press on, push on

   continue moving forward

   string, string along

   move or come along

   retreat, retrograde

   move back

   trace

   make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along

   roar

   act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way

   limp

   proceed slowly or with difficulty

   barge, push forward, thrust ahead

   push one's way

   march, process

   march in a procession

   back out

   move out of a space backwards

   back down, back off, back up

   move backwards from a certain position

   dawdle, fall back, fall behind, lag

   hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

   tailgate

   follow at a dangerously close distance

   head, lead

   travel in front of; go in advance of others

   stalk

   go through (an area) in search of prey

   shadow

   follow, usually without the person's knowledge

   carry

   pursue a line of scent or be a bearer

   chase, chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, tail, track, trail

   go after with the intent to catch

   haunt, stalk

   follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to

   retrace, trace

   go back over again

   backtrack, double back, turn back

   retrace one's course

   cut back, flash back

   return in time

   home

   return home accurately from a long distance

   go home, head home

   return home

   return

   return to a previous position; in mathematics

   boomerang

   return to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang

   crash

   move violently, as through a barrier

   muscle

   make one's way by force

   overstep, transgress, trespass

   pass beyond (limits or boundaries)

   escort

   accompany as an escort

   escort, see, usher

   accompany or escort

   tag along

   go along with, often uninvited

   orb, orbit, revolve

   move in an orbit

   troll

   circulate, move around

   loop

   fly loops, perform a loop

   loop

   move in loops

   overhaul, overtake, pass

   travel past

   negociate, negotiate

   succeed in passing through, around, or over

   lock

   pass by means through a lock in a waterway

   make, work

   proceed along a path

   cycle

   pass through a cycle

   blunder, fumble

   make one's way clumsily or blindly

   skirt

   pass around or about; move along the border

   run by

   pass by while running

   fly by

   pass by while flying

   fly by, whisk by, zip by

   move by very quickly

   approach, come near, come on, draw close, draw near, go up, near

   move towards

   close in, draw in

   advance or converge on

   buck, charge, shoot, shoot down, tear

   move quickly and violently

   whizz, whizz along, zoom, zoom along

   move along very quickly

   pull

   move into a certain direction

   dart, dash, flash, scoot, scud, shoot

   run or move very quickly or hastily

   pounce, swoop

   move down on as if in an attack

   stream

   to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind

   drip

   fall in drops

   cascade, cascade down

   rush down in big quantities, like a cascade

   edge, inch

   advance slowly, as if by inches

   rachet up, ratchet, ratchet down

   move by degrees in one direction only

   elapse, glide by, go along, go by, lapse, pass, slide by, slip away, slip by

   pass by

   circle around, circle round, revolve around

   move around in a circular motion

   step

   walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner

   step on, tread on

   place or press the foot on

   cocoon

   retreat as if into a cocoon, as from an unfriendly environment

   itinerate

   travel from place to place, as for work

   wander

   go via an indirect route or at no set pace

   ascend

   go along towards (a river's) source

   snowboard

   glide down a snow-covered slope while standing on a board

   bounce

   come back after being refused

   ride

   be sustained or supported or borne