pushing
push·ing
adjective \ˈpu̇-shiŋ\Definition of PUSHING
1
: marked by ambition, energy, enterprise, and initiative
2
: marked by tactless forwardness or officious intrusiveness
Examples of PUSHING
- <among the young associates at the law firm, he was unmistakably the most pushing>
- <the sort of sycophantic, pushing man on the make that everyone loves to hate>
First Known Use of PUSHING
1677
Related to PUSHING
- Synonyms
- aspiring, go-getting, hard-driving, ambitious, self-seeking
- Antonyms
- ambitionless, unambitious
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