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Synonyms for hustle

33 synonyms
1 antonym
3 meanings

verb
noun

Most common

roll pluck labor US rush make tracks sell one's body swindle

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Roll

Other

rush, push, crowd, run, pimp, jostle, fly, make tracks, labor US, labour UK, elbow, sell one's body, swindle

Noun

1. Confidence game

confidence game, confidence trick, con, con game, sting, flim-flam, bunco

2. Bustle

bustle, flurry, hum, fuss, stir, ado, flutter

Other

whir US, whirr UK, punk, abuse, hustlement, mac vulgar slang UK US AU

Antonyms

All antonyms of hustle →

Definitions

v. 1
To push someone roughly; to crowd; to jostle.
n. 1
A state of busy activity.
n. 2
A propensity to work hard and get things done; ability to hustle.

Related words

Word family: hustler
Phrases: side hustle

Forms

Plural: hustles → cons, stings, flim-flams, buncos…
Past participle: hustled
e.g. hustled → rolled, plucked, rushed, pushed…

Example sentences

roll Craps is a piece of cake if you only roll elevens.
pluck Can you pluck up the courage to talk to her?
labor There is a labor shortage of computer programmers.
rush She started early in order to avoid the rush hour.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
hustle		rising
roll		steady
pluck		rising
labor		falling
rush		rising

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

By length

3 letters: run¹, fly¹, mac¹, con¹, hum¹, ado²
4 letters: roll¹, push¹, rush¹, punk¹, stir¹, fuss¹, pimp¹, whir
5 letters: labor², crowd¹, abuse², elbow², sting¹, pluck¹, whirr, bunco
6 letters: labour², flurry², bustle², jostle²
7 letters: flutter², swindle²
10 letters: hustlement

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ado² = 2 syllables).