Antonyms for rush
rʌʃrush

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1. rush

   A career was originally the ground for a race, or, especially, for a knight's charge in tournament or battle; whence career was early applied to the charge itself.

   If you will use the lance, take ground for your career.... The four horsemen met in full career.

   Scott Quentin Durward ch. 14, p. 194. [D. F. & CO.]

   In its figurative use career signifies some continuous and conspicuous work, usually a life-work, and most frequently one of honorable achievement. Compare BUSINESS.

   Synonyms:
   career, charge, course, flight, line of achievement, passage, public life, race

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1. rush

   Antonyms:
   march, saunter, lag, retreat, bait, hesitate

   Synonyms:
   speed, course, dash, sweep, hurry, stream, roll, charge, drive, fly, burst

Matched Categories

1. • American Revolutionary Leader
   • Attack
   • Effect
   • Excitement
   • Flow
   • Marsh Plant
   • Move
   • Outburst
   • Physician
   • Run
   • Urge

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1. haste, hurry, rush, rushingnoun

   the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

   "in his haste to leave he forgot his book"

   Antonyms:
   reserved, unhurried, linger, delay, hold up, detain, dawdle

   Synonyms:
   upsurge, surge, boot, rushing, precipitation, flush, bang, kick, spate, hurriedness, haste, charge, hurry, thrill, hastiness

2. rush, spate, surge, upsurgenoun

   a sudden forceful flow

   Antonyms:
   reserved, unhurried, detain, linger, hold up, dawdle, delay

   Synonyms:
   tidy sum, wad, peck, mint, haste, plenty, lot, batch, raft, quite a little, passel, spate, muckle, rushing, pile, kick, good deal, stack, mountain, sight, billow, deal, heap, boot, freshet, thrill, flock, hatful, mickle, slew, charge, upsurge, mess, mass, hurry, flush, bang, great deal, surge, pot

3. rushnoun

   grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems

   Antonyms:
   unhurried, reserved, linger, detain, hold up, dawdle, delay

   Synonyms:
   upsurge, surge, rushing, bang, flush, kick, spate, boot, haste, charge, hurry, thrill

4. Rush, Benjamin Rushnoun

   physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)

   Antonyms:
   unhurried, reserved, dawdle, detain, linger, delay, hold up

   Synonyms:
   upsurge, surge, rushing, bang, flush, kick, spate, boot, haste, charge, hurry, thrill

5. bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kicknoun

   the swift release of a store of affective force

   "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"

   Antonyms:
   unhurried, reserved, detain, linger, dawdle, hold up, delay

   Synonyms:
   iron boot, peak, recoil, strike, haste, accusation, thrill, shudder, blossom, commission, electric charge, prime, squawk, belt, explosive charge, blush, fringe, smash, care, hit, knock, bam, complaint, kick, bloom, gripe, heraldic bearing, billing, cathexis, clap, the boot, tutelage, hot flash, eruption, boot, efflorescence, outpouring, bursting charge, smasher, armorial bearing, guardianship, direction, rosiness, kicking, quiver, chill, charge, upsurge, heyday, rushing, frisson, bearing, spate, hurry, tingle, flower, flush, bitch, bang, bash, blast, shiver, burster, iron heel, mission, gush, surge, beef

6. rushnoun

   a sudden burst of activity

   "come back after the rush"

   Antonyms:
   unhurried, reserved, delay, detain, linger, dawdle, hold up

   Synonyms:
   upsurge, surge, rushing, bang, flush, kick, spate, boot, haste, charge, hurry, thrill

7. rush, rushingadjective

   (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line

   "the linebackers were ready to stop a rush"

   Antonyms:
   unhurried, reserved, hold up, delay, detain, linger, dawdle

   Synonyms:
   upsurge, surge, rushing, bang, flush, kick, spate, boot, haste, charge, hurry, thrill

8. first-come-first-serve(p), rushadjective

   not accepting reservations

   Antonyms:
   reserved, unhurried, dawdle, hold up, delay, detain, linger

9. rush(a), rushedverb

   done under pressure

   "a rush job"

   Antonyms:
   reserved, unhurried, delay, linger, dawdle, hold up, detain

10. rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on itverb

    move fast

    "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"

    Antonyms:
    unhurried, reserved, delay, hold up, linger, dawdle, detain

    Synonyms:
    run, hotfoot, zip, travel rapidly, cannonball along, quicken, bucket along, race, hurry, accelerate, rush along, hie, hasten, belt along, speed, expedite, look sharp, induce, pelt along, stimulate, festinate, speed up, step on it

11. rushverb

    attack suddenly

    Antonyms:
    unhurried, reserved, dawdle, detain, delay, hold up, linger

    Synonyms:
    hotfoot, cannonball along, induce, hasten, look sharp, stimulate, belt along, speed, festinate, hurry, pelt along, hie, step on it, rush along, race, bucket along

12. rush, hurryverb

    urge to an unnatural speed

    "Don't rush me, please!"

    Antonyms:
    reserved, unhurried, hold up, delay, linger, detain, dawdle

    Synonyms:
    hotfoot, zip, travel rapidly, cannonball along, bucket along, race, hurry, rush along, hie, hasten, belt along, speed, look sharp, induce, pelt along, stimulate, festinate, step on it

13. rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinateverb

    act or move at high speed

    "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!"

    Antonyms:
    unhurried, reserved, linger, detain, hold up, delay, dawdle

    Synonyms:
    hotfoot, zip, travel rapidly, cannonball along, bucket along, race, hurry, rush along, hie, hasten, belt along, speed, expedite, look sharp, induce, pelt along, stimulate, festinate, step on it

14. rushverb

    run with the ball, in football

    Antonyms:
    unhurried, reserved, detain, hold up, linger, delay, dawdle

    Synonyms:
    hotfoot, cannonball along, induce, hasten, look sharp, stimulate, belt along, speed, festinate, hurry, pelt along, hie, step on it, rush along, race, bucket along

15. race, rushverb

    cause to move fast or to rush or race

    "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze"

    Antonyms:
    unhurried, reserved, delay, detain, hold up, linger, dawdle

    Synonyms:
    hotfoot, cannonball along, bucket along, race, induce, hurry, rush along, hie, hasten, belt along, speed, look sharp, run, pelt along, stimulate, festinate, step on it

16. induce, stimulate, rush, hastenverb

    cause to occur rapidly

    "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"

    Antonyms:
    reserved, unhurried, hold up, delay, detain, dawdle, linger

    Synonyms:
    shake up, cannonball along, excite, look sharp, belt along, get, shake, energize, perk up, hurry, hasten, stir, induct, expedite, make, energise, arouse, bucket along, speed, step on it, pelt along, cause, bring on, race, induce, hie, stimulate, provoke, have, festinate, hotfoot, brace, rush along

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1. rushnoun

   Synonyms:
   activity, demand

2. rushverb

   Synonyms:
   press, hurry

How to use rush in a sentence?

1. Former Georgia Rep. Stacey Abrams:

   I believed then and I believe now that women deserve to be heard because too often they are not, and Tara Reade deserved to have her story listened to and investigated. What was happening to Christine Blasey Ford was that there was no investigation -- there was a rush to move the conversation forward so that no investigation was conducted, i believe Joe Biden.

2. Philippe Ithurbide:

   The impact from the dollar's rally already represents a form of tightening, so the Fed is in no rush to raise interest rates.

3. Jonathan Goins:

   I believe there was a rush to judgment.

4. Vladimir Safronkov:

   Sanctions will not resolve the issue. In that manner we simply rush towards a stalemate just as any attempts to resolve the situation through force are inadmissible.

5. Manuela Ferreira:

   Adults with sudden back pain do not need to rush to get an X-ray or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), unless the clinician suspects the patient has a more serious condition, such as fracture or cancer, less than 5 percent of patients with low back pain, however, will fall into this category.

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