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
• blushing
• rubicund
• florid
• pink
• bronzed
• full-blooded
• pinkish
• suntanned
• blowsy
• blowzy
• 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
• regular
• uniform
• true
• aligned
• straight
• plumb
• alined
• 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
• monied
• successful
• opulent
• well-to-do
• well-endowed
• fat-cat
• in the chips
• fat
• comfortable
• well-heeled
• well-off
• silk-stocking
• deep-pocketed
• well-fixed
• prosperous
• substantial
• thriving
• prospering
• propertied
• better-off
• privileged
• flourishing
• advantaged
• blest
• 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
• saturated
• replete
• fraught
• thick
• brimming
• loaded
• lousy
• buzzing
• clogged
• bulging
• abounding
• thronging
• busy
• overflowing
• full
• chock-full
• congested
• overfilled
• humming
• overloaded
• overstuffed
• overladen
• fat
• overcrowded
• chockful
• 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
• close
• contiguous
• 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
• inclosing
• 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
• high noon
• autumn
• blossoming
• floruit
• efflorescence
• peak
• apex
• zenith
• golden age
• Indian summer
• summit
• meridian
• climax
• recovery
• grandeur
• glory
• acme
• silver age
• splendor
• belle epoque
• belle époque
• comeback

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• decline
• decay
• downfall
• bottom
• nadir
• wilting
• withering
• shrivelling
• 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
• inundate
• stream
• swamp
• engulf
• gush
• deluge
• soak
• saturate
• hose
• rush
• splash
• drench
• slosh
• douche
• douse
• dowse

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

Examples of flush in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

The state of volunteering and giving, according to the Generosity Commission Many nonprofits are still flush with cash, but not all nonprofits are experiencing a money boon. —Rachel M. Cohen, Vox, 17 Sep. 2024

Inflation in the 2020s resembled that of the immediate postwar period, when consumers were flush with cash — saved up during the war in the 1940s, and accumulated from stimulus payments and the falloff in spending on entertainment, travel and services during the pandemic. —Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024

Noun

The effect was a natural flush that could easily be taken as no makeup at all, allowing the brows to make the true statement. —Kiana Murden, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2024

With demographic challenges meaning that real estate is now a busted flush in China, more people need to be incentivized to invest in the stock market. —Charlie Campbell, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024

Verb

Cleaning it once a month flushes out any particles that may be building up and keeps your blades sharp. —Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2024

Some ten minutes into our hike, the pup flushes a trio of grouse about 30 yards ahead. —Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024