Synonyms for push
pʊʃpush

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1. pushverb

   Synonyms:
   press, shove

   Antonyms:
   pull, draw, tug

2. pushverb

   A great effort (to do something).

   Stop pushing the issue I'm not interested.

   Synonyms:
   press

3. pushverb

   A marching or drill maneuver/manoeuvre performed by moving a formation (especially a company front) forward or toward the audience, usually to accompany a dramatic climax or crescendo in the music.

   Synonyms:
   advertise, promote

4. pushverb

   To approach; to come close to.

   Synonyms:
   near, approach

5. pushverb

   The situation where a server sends data to a client without waiting for a request, as in server push, push technology.

   During childbirth, there are times when the obstetrician advises the woman not to push.

   Synonyms:
   bear down

6. pushnoun

   A crowd or throng or people

   Synonyms:
   press, urge

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1. push

   To drive is to move an object with some force or violence before or away from oneself; it is the direct reverse of draw, lead, etc. A man leads a horse by the halter, drives him with whip and rein. One may be driven to a thing or from it; hence, drive is a synonym equally for compel or for repel or repulse. Repulse is stronger and more conclusive than repel; one may be repelled by the very aspect of the person whose favor he seeks, but is not repulsed except by the direct refusal or ignoring of his suit. A certain conventional modern usage, especially in England, requires us to say that we drive in a carriage, ride upon a horse; tho in Scripture we read of riding in a chariot (2 Kings ix, 16; Jer. xvii, 25, etc.); good examples of the same usage may be found abundantly in the older English. The propriety of a person's saying that he is going to drive when he is simply to be conveyed in a carriage, where some one else, as the coachman, does all the driving, is exceedingly questionable. Many good authorities prefer to use ride in the older and broader sense as signifying to be supported and borne along by any means of conveyance. Compare BANISH; COMPEL; INFLUENCE.

   See synonyms for DRAW.

   Synonyms:
   compel, drive, impel, propel, repel, repulse, resist, ride, thrust, urge on

   Preposition:
   Drive to market; to despair; drive into exile; from one's presence; out of the city; drive by, with, or under the lash; drive by or past beautiful estates; along the beach; beside the river; through the park; across the field; around the square; to the door; into the barn; out of the sunshine.

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1. push

   Synonyms:
   press, drive, impel, shove, press against, propel, butt, thrust, urge, expedite, accelerate, reduce

   Antonyms:
   pull, draw, drag, adduce

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. push, pushingnoun

   the act of applying force in order to move something away

   "he gave the door a hard push"; "the pushing is good exercise"

   Synonyms:
   pushing, energy, push button, thrust, get-up-and-go, button

   Antonyms:
   pull, draw, force

2. push, thrustnoun

   the force used in pushing

   "the push of the water on the walls of the tank"; "the thrust of the jet engines"

   Synonyms:
   thrust, jabbing, pushing, button, stab, knife thrust, push button, drive, poking, driving force, poke, thrusting, energy, jab, get-up-and-go

   Antonyms:
   pull, force, draw

3. energy, push, get-up-and-gonoun

   enterprising or ambitious drive

   "Europeans often laugh at American energy"

   Synonyms:
   vim, vitality, thrust, vigour, energy, zip, muscularity, free energy, vigor, push button, button, pushing, get-up-and-go

   Antonyms:
   force, pull, draw

4. push button, push, buttonnoun

   an electrical switch operated by pressing

   "the elevator was operated by push buttons"; "the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk"

   Synonyms:
   thrust, pushing, button, release, push button, clitoris, energy, clit, get-up-and-go

   Antonyms:
   draw, force, pull

5. pushverb

   an effort to advance

   "the army made a push toward the sea"

   Synonyms:
   pushing, energy, push button, thrust, get-up-and-go, button

   Antonyms:
   pull, force, draw

6. push, forceverb

   move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"

   Synonyms:
   fight, tug, ram, promote, force, agitate, hale, crusade, drive, advertise, thrust, draw, campaign, pull, coerce, storm, squeeze, pressure, wedge, labor, labour, crowd, impel, press, bear on, advertize

   Antonyms:
   force, pull, draw

7. push, bear onverb

   press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action

   "He pushed her to finish her doctorate"

   Synonyms:
   bear upon, fight, continue, tug, promote, touch, force, agitate, crusade, drive, advertise, have-to doe with, pertain, carry on, touch on, affect, campaign, uphold, come to, relate, refer, labor, labour, crowd, impact, press, bear on, preserve, advertize, concern

   Antonyms:
   draw, pull, force

8. advertise, advertize, promote, pushverb

   make publicity for; try to sell (a product)

   "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"

   Synonyms:
   publicise, tug, agitate, promote, force, boost, crusade, drive, advertise, encourage, upgrade, campaign, elevate, further, labour, kick upstairs, advance, crowd, publicize, press, bear on, raise, advertize, fight, labor

   Antonyms:
   draw, force, pull

9. tug, labor, labour, push, driveverb

   strive and make an effort to reach a goal

   "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"

   Synonyms:
   fight, force back, crowd, lug, get, dig, ram, drudge, moil, press, tug, agitate, advertize, take, repel, aim, drive, promote, travail, crusade, labour, motor, advertise, grind, bear on, repulse, labor, force, ride, campaign, tote, push back, toil, beat back

   Antonyms:
   pull, draw, force

10. pushverb

    press against forcefully without moving

    "she pushed against the wall with all her strength"

    Synonyms:
    labour, labor, press, crowd, bear on, promote, fight, crusade, drive, advertize, campaign, tug, advertise, agitate, force

    Antonyms:
    pull, draw, force

11. push, crowdverb

    approach a certain age or speed

    "She is pushing fifty"

    Synonyms:
    fight, tug, herd, promote, force, agitate, crusade, drive, advertise, campaign, crowd together, labor, labour, crowd, press, bear on, advertize

    Antonyms:
    pull, force, draw

12. crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitateverb

    exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for

    "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"

    Synonyms:
    fight, tug, excite, iron out, press out, crowd, raise up, shake up, shake, commove, run, press, vex, agitate, advertize, adjure, stir, budge, shift, urge on, weight-lift, promote, foment, turn on, rouse, compress, urge, struggle, oppose, entreat, contend, beseech, contract, iron, crusade, defend, fight back, squeeze, charge, compact, bear on, drive, exhort, labor, force, stir up, bid, charge up, fight down, campaign, take the field, weigh, conjure, constrict, disturb, advertise, weightlift, labour

    Antonyms:
    force, draw, pull

13. pushverb

    sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs)

    "The guy hanging around the school is pushing drugs"

    Synonyms:
    labour, labor, press, crowd, bear on, promote, fight, crusade, drive, advertize, campaign, tug, advertise, agitate, force

    Antonyms:
    force, draw, pull

14. pushverb

    move strenuously and with effort

    "The crowd pushed forward"

    Synonyms:
    labour, labor, press, crowd, bear on, promote, fight, crusade, drive, advertize, campaign, tug, advertise, agitate, force

    Antonyms:
    draw, force, pull

15. press, pushverb

    make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby

    "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman"

    Synonyms:
    fight, tug, iron out, press out, crowd, weigh, press, squeeze, agitate, advertize, adjure, urge on, weight-lift, promote, compress, urge, entreat, beseech, contract, iron, compact, crusade, drive, bear on, exhort, labor, force, bid, campaign, conjure, constrict, advertise, weightlift, labour

    Antonyms:
    draw, pull, force

Matched Categories

1. • Approach
   • Crime
   • Force
   • Move
   • Praise
   • Press
   • Propulsion
   • Push
   • Sell
   • Switch

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1. bum rush

   like you would push your way into a party. you would bum rush it

   Submitted by anonymous on February 5, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pushverb

   Synonyms:
   thrust, impel (by pressure), hustle, jostle, elbow, crowd

2. pushverb

   Synonyms:
   urge, press forward

3. pushverb

   Synonyms:
   force, press, drive

4. pushverb

   Synonyms:
   importune, tease

5. pushverb

   Synonyms:
   thrust, make a thrust

6. pushverb

   Synonyms:
   endeavor, strive, try, exert one's self

7. pushverb

   Synonyms:
   pullulate, bud, sprout, germinate, vegetate, grow, burst out, put forth, shoot forth

8. pushnoun

   Synonyms:
   thrust

9. pushnoun

   Synonyms:
   trial, test, exigence, extremity, emergency, pinch

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1. pushnoun

   Synonyms:
   shove

2. pushnoun

   Synonyms:
   energy, spiritedness, enterprise, aggressiveness, (Slang) crowd, gang, posse

3. pushverb

   Synonyms:
   shove, impel

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1. List of paraphrases for "push":

   press, thrust, impetus, repulsion, pulser, momentum, grow, insertion, insist, boost, promote, pressure, drive, nudge

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1. Frank Lloyd Wright:

   If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger.

2. Salman Rushdie:

   And so artists who go to that edge and push outwards often find very powerful forces pushing back. They find the forces of silence opposing the forces of speech. The forces of censorship against the forces of utterance, at that boundary is that push-and-pull between more and less. And that push and pull can be very dangerous to the artist. And many artists have suffered terribly for that.

3. Jeff Chapin:

   All springs kind of feel the same—you push down on ’em, and they push back a bit; you push down more, and they push back a bigger amount. It’s a linear response, memory foam is more interesting. It contours; you get a much more even distribution of pressure.

4. Keyanna Rivera:

   I told the [nurse] I’m trying not to push, but it feels like it, when she said she had to push, I said ‘Can’t push, he’s not here yet.’ She said, ‘Yeah, I have to.’ And I decided to check her; the baby’s head was right there.

5. Kevin Harvick:

   You know where you can push and how you can push and how far you can push, and you can't push them all the way into the corner and against the fence, it was a hell of a race. Just really dumb driving there at the end. You've got to be aggressive, but you've still got to use your head. You can't just detach it and lay it on the floorboard.