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onrush

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Synonyms and Antonyms of onrush

forward movement in time or place

a sudden onrush of development in an area that was rural until very recently

Synonyms of onrush

advance, advancement, furtherance, going, headway, march, passage, process, procession, progress, progression

Words Related to onrush

current, drift, flow, flux, stream, way

advent, approach, arrival, coming, nearing

bound, jump, leap, step, stride

impetus, momentum

Near Antonyms of onrush

backwash, ebb, reflux

retraction, return, reversal, reverse

about-face, turnabout, turnaround

Antonyms of onrush

recess, recession, regress, regression, retreat, retrogression

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