Synonyms of hustles

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noun

plural of hustle

as in scams

an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value

a clever hustle that tricked people into revealing their bank account information

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scams
• frauds
• swindles
• cons
• fiddles
• schemes
• stings
• shell games
• devices
• hoaxes
• tricks
• bunkos
• crosses
• flimflams
• buncos
• dodges
• rackets
• fixes
• Ponzi schemes
• pyramid schemes
• counterfeits
• wiles
• stratagems
• sleights
• fakes
• rip-offs
• jigs
• phoneys
• phonies
• gimmicks
• ploys
• forgeries
• shams
• thimblerigs
• three-card montes
• humbug

hustles

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verb

present tense third-person singular of hustle

1

as in struggles

to devote serious and sustained effort

everyone really hustled to get the project finished on schedule

Synonyms & Similar Words

• struggles
• strives
• labors
• works
• tries
• endeavors
• toils
• tugs
• slaves
• plows
• sweats
• slogs
• humps
• plods
• drudges
• plugs
• travails
• digs (away)
• pegs (away)
• fags
• strains
• grubs
• bangs away
• sweats blood
• moils
• beavers (away)
• drives
• attacks
• buckles (down)
• hammers (away)
• overworks
• applies (oneself)
• exerts
• wades
• scratches
• knuckles down
• trudges
• pitches in
• exercises
• essays
• digs in
• grinds (out)
• scrabbles
• ekes out
• overexerts
• puts out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breaks
• slackens
• eases (up)
• shirks
• lazes
• dallies
• rests
• bums
• lets up
• slacks (off)
• loafs
• idles
• hangs (around or out)
• chills
• relaxes
• lounges
• unwinds
• plays
• goldbricks
• goofs (off)
• hacks (around)
• basks
• lolls
• dillydallies
• reposes
• hangs
• dabbles
• footles
• fools around
• trifles
• fribbles
• goofs (around)
• messes around
• putters (around)
• veges out
• monkeys (around)
• vegges out
• potters (around)
• doodles
• hangs about

2

as in hurries

to proceed or move quickly

we'd better hustle, or we'll miss the train

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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as in squeezes

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

a swindler who hustled cashiers by getting them all confused while they were making change

Synonyms & Similar Words

• squeezes
• plucks
• cheats
• stings
• beats
• sticks
• does
• swindles
• tricks
• bleeds
• defrauds
• deceives
• screws
• victimizes
• fiddles
• diddles
• shortchanges
• bilks
• stiffs
• cons
• exploits
• suckers
• reams
• mulcts
• rips off
• shakes down
• shorts
• gaffs
• rooks
• extorts
• cozens
• fools
• chisels
• fleeces
• betrays
• skins
• chouses
• does in
• flimflams
• skunks
• euchres
• takes to the cleaners
• nobbles
• wrenches
• hoses
• thimblerigs
• takes for a ride
• clips
• soaks
• wrings
• nicks
• wrests
• sells a bill of goods to
• overcharges
• gouges
• milks
• dupes
• bamboozles
• gulls
• bitches
• double-crosses
• ropes (in)
• fast-talks