'Gravitate' definitions:
Definition of 'gravitate'
From: WordNet
verb
Move toward; "The conversation gravitated towards politics"
verb
Be attracted to; "Boys gravitate towards girls at that age"
verb
Move due to the pull of gravitation; "The stars gravitate towards each other"
Definition of 'Gravitate'
From: GCIDE
- Gravitate \Grav"i*tate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gravitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Gravitating.] [Cf. F. graviter. See Gravity.] To obey the law of gravitation; to exert a force or pressure, or tend to move, under the influence of gravitation; to tend in any direction or toward any object. [1913 Webster]
- Why does this apple fall to the ground? Because all bodies gravitate toward each other. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
- Politicians who naturally gravitate towards the stronger party. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gravitate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bend to,
- bias,
- cascade,
- cataract,
- collapse,
- come down,
- conduce,
- contribute,
- crash,
- descend,
- dip down,
- dispose,
- down,
- drop,
- drop down,
- drop off,
- fall,
- fall down,
- fall off,
- go,
- go down,
- go downhill,
- have a tendency,
- head,
- incline,
- lead,
- lean,
- look to,
- lose altitude,
- parachute,
- pitch,
- plummet,
- plunge,
- point,
- point to,
- pounce,
- pour down,
- precipitate,
- rain,
- redound to,
- serve,
- set,
- set toward,
- settle,
- show a tendency,
- sink,
- stoop,
- subside,
- swoop,
- tend,
- tend to go,
- trend,
- trend downward,
- turn,
- verge,
- warp,
- work toward
Words containing 'Gravitate'
- Gravitated,
- Gravitating,
- Gravitation,
- Gravitational,
- Gravitative,
- gravitationally,
- Gravitation constant,
- Law of gravitation,
- attraction of gravitation,
- constant of gravitation,
- gravitation wave,
- gravitational attraction,
- gravitational collapse,
- gravitational constant,
- gravitational field,
- gravitational force,
- gravitational interaction,
- gravitational mass,
- gravitational theory,
- theory of gravitation,
- universal gravitation,
- newton's law of gravitation,
- newton's theory of gravitation,
- universal gravitational constant