Synonyms of flush

flush 1 of 3

adjective

1

as in tanned

having a healthy reddish skin tone

was flush after getting out of the hot bath

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tanned
• red
• glowing
• flushed
• ruddy
• warm
• rosy
• blooming
• brown
• sanguine
• rubicund
• blushing
• florid
• pink
• bronzed
• pinkish
• suntanned
• full-blooded
• blowsy
• bloomy
• cherubic

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pale
• sallow
• wan
• pallid
• ashen
• livid
• lurid
• white
• peaked
• pasty
• ashy
• palish
• doughy
• mealy
• waxen
• waxy
• peaky
• sallowish
• blanched
• whitened
• sick
• paled
• anemic
• sickly
• bloodless
• cadaverous
• white-faced
• whey-faced

2

as in plane

having a surface without bends, breaks, or irregularities

the flush paneling on the door gives it a very plain and dull look

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plane
• smooth
• level
• flat
• even
• horizontal
• exact
• vertical
• true
• regular
• uniform
• aligned
• straight
• plumb
• tabular

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• coarse
• rough
• uneven
• lumpy
• bumpy
• irregular
• warped
• undulating
• wavy
• inexact
• unsmoothed
• unaligned
• undulatory
• pitted
• pockmarked
• pocky

3

as in energetic

having active strength of body or mind

a flush, healthy man of 65

Synonyms & Similar Words

• energetic
• vigorous
• robust
• dynamic
• lively
• powerful
• fit
• healthy
• strong
• lusty
• vital
• capable
• tough
• peppy
• mighty
• gingery
• red-blooded
• hale
• spirited
• brisk
• athletic
• sturdy
• animated
• muscular
• energized
• kinetic
• refreshed
• sound
• rejuvenated
• punchy
• dashing
• vivacious
• rugged
• stout
• hardy
• fortified
• sprightly
• vitalized
• virile
• beefy
• competent
• firm
• enlivened
• burly
• invigorated
• mettlesome
• hearty
• brawny
• revitalized
• husky
• puissant
• strapping
• stalwart
• able-bodied
• robustious

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sluggish
• weak
• dull
• faint
• lethargic
• listless
• wan
• delicate
• torpid
• feeble
• prostrate
• tired
• weakened
• frail
• impotent
• powerless
• effete
• soft
• infirm
• lazy
• languid
• ill
• indolent
• wasted
• lackadaisical
• enervated
• disabled
• invertebrate
• nerveless
• sapped
• unhealthy
• wimpy
• spineless
• prostrated
• unsound
• unwell
• debilitated
• decrepit
• broken-down
• worn-out

4

as in wealthy

having goods, property, or money in abundance

she's very flush now that she has her inheritance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wealthy
• rich
• affluent
• moneyed
• loaded
• successful
• opulent
• well-to-do
• well-endowed
• in the chips
• fat
• comfortable
• well-heeled
• fat-cat
• well-off
• silk-stocking
• deep-pocketed
• well-fixed
• prosperous
• substantial
• thriving
• prospering
• propertied
• better-off
• privileged
• flourishing
• advantaged
• blessed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• poor
• indigent
• impoverished
• destitute
• needy
• penniless
• penurious
• deprived
• impecunious
• bankrupt
• disadvantaged
• broke
• poverty-stricken
• pinched
• indebted
• hand-to-mouth
• depressed
• insolvent
• ruined
• underprivileged
• reduced
• short
• low
• unaffluent
• straitened
• skint
• pauperized
• beggared
• bankrupted

5

as in filled

possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified

a field flush with flowers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filled
• bursting
• packed
• crowded
• jammed
• abundant
• stuffed
• awash
• crammed
• swarming
• teeming
• rife
• replete
• saturated
• fraught
• thick
• brimming
• loaded
• lousy
• buzzing
• clogged
• bulging
• abounding
• thronging
• busy
• overflowing
• full
• chock-full
• congested
• overfilled
• humming
• overloaded
• overstuffed
• overladen
• fat
• overcrowded
• lively
• surfeited
• overfull
• jam-packed
• bustling
• alive
• animated
• astir

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• empty
• blank
• devoid
• void
• bare
• vacant
• barren
• stark
• depleted
• short
• drained
• insufficient
• deficient
• incomplete
• exhausted

6

as in adjacent

having a border in common

the front yard's floral border is flush with the sidewalk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adjacent
• neighboring
• adjoining
• closest
• bordering
• contiguous
• close
• touching
• joining
• abutting
• attached
• flanking
• juxtaposed
• united
• nearest
• connected
• skirting
• connecting
• linked
• fringing
• conterminous
• near
• verging
• surrounding
• communicating
• nearby
• immediate
• joined
• encircling
• nigh
• approximate
• marginal
• next-door
• fencing
• peripheral
• embracing
• bounding
• enclosing
• tangential
• ambient
• interconnecting
• tangent
• rimming
• circumjacent
• encompassing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• single
• separate
• apart
• discrete
• isolated
• detached
• isolate
• disconnected
• unconnected
• noncontiguous
• removed
• unattached
• remote
• free-standing
• nonadjacent
• distant
• farthest
• unlinked
• far
• away
• split
• resolved
• discontinuous
• divided
• broken up
• noncontinuous
• severed
• far-off
• uncoupled
• dissociated
• parted
• divorced
• faraway
• ramified
• disunited
• disjoined
• sundered
• dissevered
• unyoked

flush

2 of 3

noun

1

as in blush

a rosy appearance (of the cheeks)

looked for a flush on her cheeks as evidence of a fever

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blush
• color
• glow
• brightness
• bloom
• redness
• brilliance
• reddishness
• pinkness
• rosiness
• ruddiness
• sanguineness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• whiteness
• pallor
• paleness
• pastiness
• wanness
• greenness
• sallowness
• pallidness
• greenishness

2

as in bloom

a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement

was in the flush of his youth

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bloom
• blooming
• prime
• flower
• blossom
• revival
• springtime
• heyday
• salad days
• florescence
• flowering
• pinnacle
• autumn
• high noon
• blossoming
• floruit
• efflorescence
• peak
• apex
• zenith
• golden age
• summit
• meridian
• climax
• recovery
• grandeur
• glory
• Indian summer
• acme
• splendor
• silver age
• belle epoque
• comeback

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• decline
• decay
• bottom
• downfall
• nadir
• wilting
• withering
• shriveling

3

as in burst

a sudden intense expression of strong feeling

a flush of patriotic pride

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burst
• explosion
• flash
• outburst
• eruption
• blaze
• fit
• flare
• gush
• spasm
• gust
• gale
• storm
• agony
• paroxysm
• frenzy
• ebullition
• rage
• flare-up
• transport
• ecstasy
• tantrum
• rapture
• blowup
• delirium
• firestorm
• furor
• grouch

flush

3 of 3

verb

1

as in to rinse

to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse

use this cleaner to flush the drain in the sink

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rinse
• wash
• flood
• irrigate
• wash out
• sluice
• flow
• stream
• inundate
• swamp
• engulf
• gush
• soak
• saturate
• rush
• hose
• deluge
• splash
• drench
• douche
• douse
• slosh

2

as in to blush

to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)

he flushed deeply upon hearing the compliment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blush
• glow
• crimson
• turn color
• redden
• bloom
• color
• rouge
• ruddle
• humiliate
• disconcert
• incarnadine
• mortify
• faze
• embarrass
• abash
• discomfit
• chagrin

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of flush

Adjective

Perform a monthly baking soda and white vinegar flush to keep shower drains clog-free. — Maria Sabella, The Spruce, 4 Aug. 2026

The top of the root ball must sit completely flush with, or slightly higher than, the surrounding ground surface. — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 2 Aug. 2026

Noun

Once iron stores are safely restored and hemoglobin levels rebound, the skin recovers its healthy capillary flush, and dark under-eye circles tend to fade over several months. — Amy McGorry, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026

For herbs beginning to flower, Akovic recommends harvesting and preserving leaves by drying or freezing them before deciding whether to let plants bloom for pollinators or cut them back for another flush of growth. — Rachel Gillett, Martha Stewart, 28 July 2026

Verb

Some patients taking GLP-1s describe sudden shivering fits, an inability to warm up or the reverse — abrupt flushing and heat. — Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Tucker beat the double-team to create pressure on third-string quarterback DJ Uiagalelei and flush him from the pocket. — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026