Synonyms of rushes

rushes 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of rush

1

as in accelerates

to cause to move or proceed fast or faster

I wouldn't make so many mistakes if you'd stop rushing me

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accelerates
• pushes
• hurries
• urges
• hastens
• encourages
• speeds (up)
• quickens
• whisks
• bundles
• drives
• facilitates
• fast-tracks
• races
• propels
• stirs
• spurs
• goads
• prods
• aids
• expedites
• dispatches
• eases

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brakes
• slows (down)
• decelerates
• retards
• hinders
• restrains
• interferes (with)
• impedes
• stops
• hampers
• delays
• hobbles
• reins (in)
• encumbers
• stays
• holds back
• checks
• arrests
• holds up
• stalls
• ties up
• stills
• fetters
• shackles
• trammels
• manacles

2

as in pours

to flow out in great quantities or with force

in the spring the stream's rushing waters make crossing treacherous

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pours
• streams
• gushes
• rolls
• squirts
• spurts
• splashes
• runs
• spews
• jets
• spouts
• washes
• flushes
• swooshes
• surges
• floods
• swells
• sloshes
• drowns
• cascades
• issues
• engulfs
• overwhelms
• submerges
• inundates
• overflows
• swamps
• sluices
• plashes
• deluges
• fountains
• submerses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drops
• trickles
• dribbles
• drips
• leaks
• weeps
• seeps
• sprinkles
• bleeds
• percolates
• oozes
• exudes
• strains
• spatters

3

as in hurries

to proceed or move quickly

rushing is a good way to slip and fall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hurries
• scurries
• trots
• speeds
• travels
• drives
• races
• flies
• chases
• jumps
• zips
• runs
• buzzes
• blows
• scoots
• scuttles
• tears
• rips
• darts
• dashes
• blasts
• steps
• shoots
• whirls
• zooms
• bowls
• jogs
• rams
• hustles
• hurls
• hastens
• rustles
• barrels
• hurtles
• whisks
• blazes
• bustles
• hies
• bolts
• careens
• cracks (on)
• breezes
• jets
• courses
• gallops
• motors
• bundles
• careers
• nips
• belts
• humps
• hares
• pelts
• beats it
• rockets
• steps on it
• bombs
• makes tracks
• scampers
• flits
• highballs
• cannonballs
• hotfoots (it)
• gets a move on
• shakes a leg
• accelerates
• sprints
• whizzes
• stampedes
• overtakes
• streaks
• outruns
• scuds
• beetles
• quickens
• scuffles
• outpaces
• outstrips
• steps out
• arrows
• beelines
• catches up
• fast-forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawls
• drags
• creeps
• pokes
• lingers
• lags
• hangs (around or out)
• pokes
• dawdles
• loiters
• strolls
• saunters
• shuffles
• ambles
• tarries
• dallies
• plods
• lumbers
• slows (down or up)
• decelerates
• dillydallies

4

as in attacks

to take sudden, violent action against

one goat suddenly rushed the other and knocked it down

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacks
• assaults
• raids
• storms
• strikes
• robs
• ambushes
• invades
• assails
• turns (on)
• charges
• sicks
• descends (on or upon)
• jumps (on)
• besets
• trashes
• sets at
• sets upon
• goes in (on)
• sets on
• swarms
• tears into
• sics
• rounds on
• flies at
• pitches into
• bushwhacks
• pounces (on or upon)
• goes at
• beats up on
• waylays
• lights into
• sacks
• besieges
• surprises
• bombards
• bombs
• plunders
• blitzes
• mobs
• flanks
• harries
• surprizes
• ravages
• gangs up (on)
• barrages
• loots
• pillages
• bum-rushes
• envelops
• forays
• presses
• nukes
• cannons
• ambuscades
• batters
• mugs
• overruns
• bangs away (at)
• buffets
• cannonades
• plasters
• beleaguers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protects
• covers
• defends
• shields
• secures
• guards

rushes

2 of 2

noun

plural of rush

1

as in raids

the act or action of setting upon with force or violence

the regiment recaptured the hill with a single rush

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacks
• raids
• strikes
• attempts
• assaults
• onslaughts
• offensives
• offenses
• blitzes
• aggressions
• bombardments
• ambushes
• offences
• counterattacks
• charges
• blitzkriegs
• onsets
• barrages
• coups de main
• incursions
• invasions
• descents
• bombings
• counter-attacks
• sacks
• ambuscades
• sallies
• forays
• counteroffensives
• pillages
• sieges
• sorties
• air raids
• counter-strikes
• breakthroughs
• ravages
• volleys
• counterstrikes
• envelopments
• hails
• counterassaults
• counter-assaults
• storms
• counter-aggressions
• counteraggressions
• fusillades
• cannonades
• salvoes
• salvos
• whammies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• defenses
• guards
• shields
• oppositions
• resistances
• defensives
• securities
• shelters
• protections

2

as in kicks

a pleasurably intense stimulation of the feelings

riding my motorcycle over these winding roads is always an adrenaline-pumping rush

Synonyms & Similar Words

• kicks
• thrills
• boots
• bangs
• frissons
• wallops
• charges
• titillations
• jollies
• exhilarations
• jolts
• enjoyments
• lifts
• shocks
• buzzes
• surprises
• pleasures
• highs
• intoxications
• delights
• arousals
• joys
• electrifications
• entertainments
• treats
• amusements
• diversions
• surprizes
• delectations
• fun