Synonyms of onrush

onrush

noun

ˈȯn-ˌrəsh 

as in advance

forward movement in time or place

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• advance
• procession
• process
• progress
• progression
• advancement
• flow
• passage
• march
• stream
• going
• furtherance
• headway
• leap
• arrival
• advent
• coming
• current
• flux
• drift
• approach
• impetus
• momentum
• jump
• way
• bound
• step
• stride
• nearing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• recession
• regression
• retreat
• retrogression
• ebb
• recess
• regress
• reflux
• reversal
• reverse
• backwash
• return
• retraction
• turnaround
• turnabout
• about-face

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of onrush

If the Allies risked it anyway, but the skies did not clear enough for airborne troops to make their jumps or for Allied warplanes to protect the beachheads, an onrush of German tanks could crush the toeholds on French sand. —The Editors, National Review, 6 June 2024

CIOs responded to the onrush of generative AI by seeking out in specialized books, in paper or digital form. —Tom Loftus, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2023

But maybe foregrounding scroll’s past life as a noun is a reminder that this is also an active and emotional practice, a desire to face the onrush of catastrophe and to witness history. —WIRED, 19 Sep. 2023

There’s the fiery red-orange glow of the iris, the sudden onrush of liquid that bathes and (one hopes) soothes, and finally that last little tug of the forceps as — ta-da! — the new lens snaps into place with satisfying, ship-in-a-bottle precision. —Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023