Synonyms 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

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

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

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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"

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

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

2. rush, spate, surge, upsurgenoun

   a sudden forceful flow

   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

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

3. rushnoun

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

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

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

4. Rush, Benjamin Rushnoun

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

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

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

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"

   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

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

6. rushnoun

   a sudden burst of activity

   "come back after the rush"

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

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

7. rush, rushingadjective

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

   "the linebackers were ready to stop a rush"

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

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

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"

    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

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

11. rushverb

    attack suddenly

    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

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

12. rush, hurryverb

    urge to an unnatural speed

    "Don't rush me, please!"

    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

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

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

    act or move at high speed

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

    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

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

14. rushverb

    run with the ball, in football

    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

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

15. race, rushverb

    cause to move fast or to rush or race

    "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze"

    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

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

16. induce, stimulate, rush, hastenverb

    cause to occur rapidly

    "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"

    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

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

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1. hurry

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1. rushnoun

   Synonyms:
   straw (as of little worth), farthing, copper

2. rushnoun

   Synonyms:
   driving on, violent course

3. rushverb

   Synonyms:
   career, push on, press on

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1. rushnoun

   Synonyms:
   activity, demand

2. rushverb

   Synonyms:
   press, hurry

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1. List of paraphrases for "rush":

   haste, ruée, precipitate, precipitation, peak, scramble, race, hurry, stampede, rashness

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1. Air Force Secretary Deborah James:

   The main thing is to do it right, we don't want to drag our feet but we don't want to rush because if you rush, you might not get it right.

2. Robert Benchley:

   For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an enormous amount of time standing around in line in front of windows, just waiting.

3. Pete Sessions:

   We’re going to try to measure three times and saw once, a lot of people around this town have tried their best to try to rush it, rush it, rush it.

4. Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.:

   Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response. Expelled from individual consciousness by the rush of change, history finds its revenge by stamping the collective unconsciousness with habits, values, expectations, dreams. The dialectic between past and future will continue to form our lives.

5. Limbaugh Show producer James Golden:

   I remarked that it sounded to me like Rush Limbaugh would be bigger than Paul Harvey. Little did I realize that my own life would be so intertwined with that of Rush and the show, and that Rush Limbaugh would become the single most successful broadcaster in American history ; at least in radio.