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move has 21 distinct synonyms spread across 13 of its 21 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its 2 recorded opposites are stand still, stay.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
“He moved his hand slightly to the right”
arouse sympathy or compassion in
“Her fate moved us all”
dispose of by selling
“The chairman of the company told the salesmen to move the computers”
live one's life in a specified environment
“she moves in certain circles only”
the act of changing your residence or place of business
“they say that three moves equal one fire”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for move come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
a change of position that does not entail a change of location
“the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise”
(game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game