Synonyms for rush
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Speed
speed, dash, fly, run, drive, race, flow, step on it, wave, hie, gush, tide, drift, course, stream, career, zip, hotfoot
3. Hurry
hurry, look sharp, festinate rare
Other
scramble, push on, burst, stampede, attack, hurtle formal, shift, railroad, deluge, thrust, cheese, tilt
Noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
rush one's dinner; rush off an email response
- v. 2
To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.
- n. 1
A sudden forward motion.
- n. 2
A surge.
A rush of business can be difficult to handle effectively for its unexpected volume.
Related words
Example sentences
- wave You are my sand; I am your wave; sweat is our sea.
- gush Uri Avnery founded the Gush Shalom movement in 1993.
- hotfoot The metro is five minutes away if you hotfoot it.
- hustle You have to hustle if you want to get on in the world.
- hasten I must hasten to add that I do not mean to blame him.
By length
- 3 letters
- run1, fly1, pin1, zip1, hie
- 4 letters
- race1, flow1, kick1, wave1, bang1, boot1, dash1, tide1, tilt1, dart1, gush1
- 5 letters
- press1, drive1, speed1, shift1, burst1, hurry2, straw1, drift1, flush1, surge1, blitz1, haste1, spate1
- 6 letters
- course1, career2, attack2, charge1, demand2, stream1, cheese1, thrust1, hustle2, thrill1, induce2, bustle2, deluge2, hasten2
- 7 letters
- upsurge2, hotfoot
- 8 letters
- railroad2, scramble2, stampede2, farthing2
- 9 letters
- stimulate3, festinate
- 10 letters
- hustlement
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hurry2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- brusquer
- Italiano
- maltrattare