Synonyms for bushwhack

Most common

lie in wait · ambush · lurk · scupper

All synonyms

Verb

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To travel through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress.

Related words

Word family

bushwhacker

Other spellings

bushwack

Forms

Past participle

bushwhacked
e.g. bushwhacked → ambushed, lurked, scuppered, ambuscaded…

Example sentences

• ambush The police arranged an ambush to catch the mugger.
• lurk In the depths of the human soul, dark feelings lurk.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

lurk¹

6 letters

ambush², waylay²

7 letters

scupper²

9 letters

ambuscade

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ambush² = 2 syllables).