rush - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

Synonyms

• haste
• hurry
• rush
• rushing

More generic

• motion
• move
• movement

More specific

• bolt
• dash
• scamper
• scramble
• scurry

Noun

(American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line

Synonyms

• rush
• rushing

More generic

• run
• running
• running game
• running play

Noun

a sudden burst of activity

Synonyms

• rush

More generic

• burst
• flare-up
• outburst

Noun

a sudden forceful flow

Synonyms

• rush
• spate
• surge
• upsurge

More generic

• flow
• flowing

More specific

• debris storm
• debris surge
• onrush

Noun

the swift release of a store of affective force

Synonyms

• bang
• boot
• charge
• flush
• kick
• rush
• thrill

More generic

• excitement
• exhilaration

Noun

physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)

Synonyms

• Benjamin Rush
• Rush

Noun

grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems

Synonyms

• rush

More generic

• bog plant
• marsh plant
• swamp plant

More specific

• Juncus articulatus
• Juncus bufonius
• Juncus effusus
• Juncus inflexus
• Juncus leseurii
• Juncus tenuis
• bullrush
• bulrush
• common rush
• hard rush
• jointed rush
• salt rush
• slender rush
• soft rush
• toad rush

Related

• Juncaceae
• family Juncaceae
• rush family

Verb

urge to an unnatural speed

Synonyms

• hurry
• rush

More generic

• exhort
• press
• urge
• urge on

Opposite / Antonyms

• delay

Related

• festinate
• hasten
• hurry
• look sharp
• rush

Verb

act or move at high speed

Synonyms

• festinate
• hasten
• hurry
• look sharp
• rush

More generic

• act
• move

Verb

attack suddenly

Synonyms

• rush

More generic

• assail
• assault
• attack
• set on

More specific

• bear down
• charge

Verb

cause to occur rapidly

Synonyms

• hasten
• induce
• rush
• stimulate

More generic

• effect
• effectuate
• set up

Verb

move hurridly

Synonyms

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

More generic

• go
• locomote
• move
• travel

Opposite / Antonyms

• linger

More specific

• barge
• buck
• charge
• dart
• dash
• flash
• push forward
• scoot
• scud
• shoot
• shoot down
• tear
• thrust ahead

Verb

cause to move fast or to rush or race

Synonyms

• race
• rush

More generic

• displace
• move

Verb

run with the ball, in football

Synonyms

• rush

More generic

• run

Adjective

done under pressure

Synonyms

• rush
• rushed

Related

• hurried

Adjective

not accepting reservations

Synonyms

• first-come-first-serve
• rush

Related

• unreserved

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