Rush Synonyms and Antonyms

rŭsh
To move swiftly
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. race
  2. hasten
  3. speed
  4. bolt
  5. bustle
  6. dart
  7. dash
  8. haste
  9. hurry
  10. hustle
  11. hie
  12. hotfoot
  13. scoot
  14. tear
  15. zoom
  16. bucket
  17. festinate
  18. flash
  19. fleet
  20. flit
  21. fly
  22. assault
  23. attack
  24. blitz
  25. pelt
  26. charge
  27. chase
  28. rocket
  29. course
  30. run
  31. sail
  32. defeat
  33. flood
  34. scour
  35. flow
  36. shoot
  37. sprint
  38. trot
  39. hurtle
  40. whirl
  41. whisk
  42. onslaught
  43. whiz
  44. overpower
  45. plunge
  46. wing
  47. press
  48. zip
  49. pressure
  50. rampage
  51. rip
  52. reed
  53. barrel
  54. scamper
  55. highball
  56. nip
  57. scramble
  58. pelt along
  59. scud
  60. scurry
  61. stampede
  62. rush-along
  63. storm
  64. streak
  65. surge
  66. cannonball along
  67. urgent
  68. bucket along
  69. belt along
  70. step-on-it
Antonyms:
  1. protect
  2. linger
  3. guard
To come forth or emit in abundance
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. hurry
  2. hasten
  3. flow
  4. gush
  5. pour
  6. speed
  7. run
  8. stream
  9. surge
  10. hurry-up
  11. well
  12. look-sharp
  13. festinate
Antonyms:
  1. dawdle
  2. slow
  3. delay
  4. retard
Something suggestive of running water
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. spate
  2. surge
  3. current
  4. drift
  5. flood
  6. activity
  7. flow
  8. avalanche
  9. flux
  10. demand
  11. rushing
  12. exigency
  13. stream
  14. impetuosity
  15. precipitation
  16. tide
  17. rampage
  18. stampede
  19. upsurge
Antonyms:
  1. retardation
  2. slowness
Cause to occur rapidly
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. induce
  2. stimulate
  3. hasten
Designed to meet emergency needs as quickly as possible
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. crash
  2. impetuous
  3. irrupt
  4. first-come-first-serve
  5. rushed
  6. precipitate
  7. hurry-up
  8. precipitous
  9. torrential
Physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. benjamin rush
A surge or release of emotion:
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. flow

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Rush Sentence Examples

  • Well, don't rush things.

  • Why get in a rush to ruin your trip?

  • She braced herself, expecting to feel some sort of rush of energy, like she did when she touched Jule.

  • In a rush to get to some place you didn't want to go a few hours ago?

  • At his words, a rush of cold magic filled her.

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