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

Residents who are impacted are advised to flush household plumbing per instructions provided by city officials. —Tim Fang, CBS News, 20 May 2026

Nvidia is flush with cash and has a lot more coming in as orders are fulfilled. —Zev Fima,kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 17 May 2026

Noun

The gel-like, nonsticky formula can be sheered out with fingertips for a soft flush or layered on with a brush for richer color saturation. —Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 10 May 2026

In our case, the water tank for the toilet flush was built into this metal support frame. —Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026

Verb

Creamy and well-pigmented, this is designed to tint the lips with barely-there color, applied without precision, and flushed out with the smudger tool on the opposite end of the crayon. —Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 22 May 2026

The Algarve's bathroom is situated on the other side of the living/sleeping area to the kitchen and includes a flushing toilet, a vanity sink, and a shower. —New Atlas, 22 May 2026