Synonyms of jostling

jostling

verb

present participle of jostle

as in pushing

to force one's way

everyone glared at the man who jostled to the front of the line

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pushing
• squeezing
• shoving
• elbowing
• jamming
• pressing
• crashing
• shouldering
• bulldozing
• muscling
• boring
• thrusting
• bulling
• ramming

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of jostling

Multiple governments are jostling for sovereignty over the waterway, a crucial economic corridor through which one third of global maritime trade passes every year. — Ivan Watson, CNN Money, 24 July 2026

The biggest lesson from the 2026 World Cup is not that B2B brands are jostling for center stage with B2C sponsors. — Nikos Lemanis, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

England, second with eight shots from 35 corners, also used this approach to score in their tournament opener, with Harry Kane charging in from behind a Croatian defence jostling with his team-mates to meet Declan Rice’s outswinger. — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 14 July 2026

As the data center building boom and its growing demand for electricity roll along, utilities are jostling for prime position to benefit. — Conor Harrison, Fortune, 23 June 2026

Of the several candidates jostling for the role, only two — regardless of their party — will advance from the primary to the general election. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026

Brindley and Hughes could be part of a group of young players jostling for a spot on the Avs roster next season. — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 1 June 2026

With this in mind, researchers ran some simulations to explore how all that jostling for position might have affected the moons of Jupiter and Uranus in particular — and the results suggest that these two planets' moons only survived that tumultuous time because of a giant planet that didn't. — Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 29 May 2026

People are jostling to replace Keir Starmer. — Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2026