What are some opposite words for hustle?
Antonyms for hustle
ˈhʌs əlhus·tle
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term hustle.
Princeton's WordNet
bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflamnoun
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
Synonyms:
confidence game, bunco, insect bite, convict, bunko, confidence trick, stir, fuss, flurry, stinging, bunko game, con game, gyp, ado, yard bird, bustle, bunco game, pang, con, sting, inmate, yardbird, flimflam, bitebustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stirverb
a rapid active commotion
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confidence game, bunco, snow flurry, tizzy, dither, bickering, squabble, flap, bicker, bunko, confidence trick, spat, tiff, hassle, stir, flurry, bunko game, con game, gyp, ado, fuss, pettifoggery, pother, bustle, bunco game, trouble, con, sting, splash, flimflam, botherhustleverb
cause to move furtively and hurriedly
"The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater"
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pluck, roll, bustle about, bustlebustle, bustle about, hustleverb
move or cause to move energetically or busily
"The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance"
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pluck, roll, bustle about, bustlehustle, pluck, rollverb
sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
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roll, vagabond, hook, wind, ramble, cull, wrap, range, rob, pick, stray, rove, wave, pluck, deplumate, twine, surcharge, soak, overcharge, pull off, cast, flap, pull, wander, gazump, plunk, plume, bustle about, revolve, roll up, swan, deplume, roll out, pick off, tramp, turn over, bustle, undulate, tear, drift, tweak, seethe, displume, fleece, roam, wheelhustleverb
get by trying hard
"she hustled a free lunch from the waiter"
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pluck, roll, bustle about, bustlehustleverb
pressure or urge someone into an action
Synonyms:
pluck, roll, bustle about, bustle
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
hustleverb
Synonyms:
jostle
How to use hustle in a sentence?
Dreams. All this hustle for my dreams. All tries and failures for my dreams. All encounters of difficulties for my dreams. All flash of light in the end of tunnel for my dreams. Purvi Raniga.
He was playing 'Do the Hustle' - on an accordion. She said she found this 'sexy and brave.' I mean, the brave part I understand.
You can either judge someone's hustle or focus on your own.
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
It passes a lot of time and I’m homeless; that’s my hustle out here.
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