Synonyms of rush

rush 1 of 3

verb

1

as in to accelerate

to cause to move or proceed fast or faster

I wouldn't make so many mistakes if you'd stop rushing me

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accelerate
• hurry
• push
• urge
• hasten
• encourage
• speed (up)
• quicken
• fast-track
• whisk
• drive
• facilitate
• bundle
• race
• spur
• stir
• propel
• expedite
• aid
• prod
• dispatch
• goad
• ease

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brake
• slow (down)
• retard
• delay
• decelerate
• restrain
• impede
• hinder
• interfere (with)
• stop
• hamper
• tie up
• hold back
• check
• stay
• hold up
• hobble
• encumber
• rein (in)
• arrest
• stall
• still
• shackle
• trammel
• fetter
• manacle

2

as in to pour

to flow out in great quantities or with force

in the spring the stream's rushing waters make crossing treacherous

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pour
• stream
• gush
• spurt
• roll
• jet
• splash
• squirt
• run
• spew
• flood
• wash
• spout
• flush
• surge
• swoosh
• issue
• cascade
• swell
• drown
• overwhelm
• inundate
• engulf
• overflow
• slosh
• submerge
• swamp
• deluge
• fountain
• sluice
• plash
• submerse

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drop
• trickle
• drip
• sprinkle
• dribble
• bleed
• weep
• leak
• seep
• strain
• ooze
• percolate
• exude
• spatter

3

as in to hurry

to proceed or move quickly

rushing is a good way to slip and fall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hurry
• scurry
• speed
• race
• travel
• drive
• jump
• fly
• trot
• chase
• zip
• run
• buzz
• blow
• scoot
• step
• scuttle
• dart
• blast
• dash
• rip
• tear
• hasten
• hustle
• shoot
• whirl
• jog
• breeze
• ram
• bolt
• career
• bowl
• hurl
• zoom
• blaze
• hurtle
• course
• jet
• crack (on)
• motor
• rustle
• rocket
• bustle
• nip
• hare
• hie
• bundle
• gallop
• hump
• whisk
• beat it
• barrel
• step on it
• careen
• belt
• pelt
• get a move on
• highball
• bomb
• make tracks
• hotfoot (it)
• scamper
• shake a leg
• cannonball
• flit
• accelerate
• stampede
• sprint
• streak
• overtake
• quicken
• whiz
• outrun
• step out
• scuffle
• beetle
• catch up
• outpace
• outstrip
• scud
• fast-forward
• arrow
• beeline

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• creep
• crawl
• drag
• linger
• poke
• hang (around or out)
• dawdle
• lag
• tarry
• poke
• loiter
• stroll
• shuffle
• amble
• saunter
• slow (down or up)
• lumber
• plod
• decelerate
• dillydally
• dally

4

as in to attack

to take sudden, violent action against

one goat suddenly rushed the other and knocked it down

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attack
• assault
• raid
• storm
• strike
• ambush
• charge
• rob
• set at
• turn (on)
• set on
• set upon
• invade
• descend (on or upon)
• assail
• swarm
• jump (on)
• fly at
• beset
• pounce (on or upon)
• tear into
• go in (on)
• bushwhack
• round on
• sic
• trash
• pitch into
• beat up on
• surprise
• sack
• mob
• blitz
• go at
• waylay
• light into
• barrage
• bomb
• bum-rush
• flank
• besiege
• bombard
• plunder
• ravage
• loot
• nuke
• gang up (on)
• pillage
• foray
• overrun
• mug
• buffet
• cannon
• ambuscade
• envelop
• batter
• harry
• press
• plaster
• bang away (at)
• cannonade
• beleaguer

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protect
• secure
• defend
• cover
• guard
• shield

rush

2 of 3

noun

1

as in hustle

excited and often showy or disorderly speed

what's the reason for all this rush?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hustle
• hurry
• scramble
• haste
• precipitation
• hastiness
• speed
• scurry
• precipitousness
• bustle
• scuttle
• stampede
• stir
• dash
• beeline
• flutter
• flurry
• quickness
• velocity
• expedition
• rapidity
• impulsiveness
• impulsivity
• swiftness
• whirl
• dispatch
• impetuosity
• rashness
• promptness
• celerity
• impetuousness
• promptitude
• speediness
• hotheadedness
• fleetness
• rapidness
• expeditiousness
• fastness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deliberation
• slowness
• deliberateness
• procrastination
• lateness
• lethargy
• inertia
• sluggishness
• inaction
• dilatoriness
• languor
• torpor
• pokiness
• inactivity
• dormancy
• inertness
• quiescence
• leisureliness

2

as in attack

the act or action of setting upon with force or violence

the regiment recaptured the hill with a single rush

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attack
• assault
• raid
• onslaught
• attempt
• strike
• offensive
• offense
• aggression
• blitz
• bombardment
• onset
• blitzkrieg
• charge
• counterattack
• ambush
• invasion
• coup de main
• barrage
• descent
• incursion
• bombing
• breakthrough
• siege
• foray
• sack
• ambuscade
• sortie
• pillage
• counteroffensive
• envelopment
• sally
• air raid
• volley
• storm
• counteraggression
• counterassault
• hail
• counterstrike
• ravage
• flanking
• fusillade
• salvo
• cannonade
• whammy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• defense
• guard
• opposition
• resistance
• shield
• protection
• security
• defensive
• shelter

3

as in thrill

a pleasurably intense stimulation of the feelings

riding my motorcycle over these winding roads is always an adrenaline-pumping rush

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thrill
• kick
• exhilaration
• bang
• boot
• charge
• frisson
• titillation
• wallop
• enjoyment
• jollies
• shock
• jolt
• high
• joy
• surprise
• pleasure
• buzz
• intoxication
• arousal
• lift
• delight
• electrification
• entertainment
• diversion
• treat
• fun
• amusement
• delectation

rush

3 of 3

adjective

as in spontaneous

Related Words

• spontaneous
• rapid
• snap
• impromptu
• swift
• spur-of-the-moment
• makeshift
• slapdash
• sudden
• speedy
• horseback
• offhand
• quick
• rushed
• impatient
• off-the-cuff
• impetuous
• offhanded
• abrupt
• hurried
• reckless
• impulsive
• heady
• madcap
• headlong
• hasty
• unadvised
• hotheaded
• breathtaking
• cursory
• rash
• headstrong
• precipitate
• breakneck
• overhasty
• drive-by
• precipitous
• flying
• pell-mell
• helter-skelter
• gadarene

Dissimilar Words

• deliberate
• unhurried
• calculated
• prolonged
• calculating
• measured
• circumspect
• unrushed
• hesitant
• extended
• long-term
• slow
• tentative
• foresighted
• hesitating
• leisurely
• faltering
• forethoughtful
• drawn-out
• laggard
• dallying
• poky
• dawdling
• shilly-shallying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rush

Verb

Despite a trend of decreasing rushing yards, Allen has maintained a high volume of rushing scores. — Steve Bradshaw, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Rescuers are rushing against the clock to find anyone still alive in the muddy aftermath of the flooding, which destroyed nearly everything in its path. — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026

Noun

The below-average pass rush means the vulnerable secondary could be overly exposed. — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026

The offerings of any decent oyster shucker will change according to the seasons and the tides and the shoals and the shipping lines and the harbor freight and the rush-hour traffic on the interstate. — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2026

Adjective

Filmmakers still build production timelines around submission deadlines, rush unfinished cuts, hold back material that could build an audience — all to be among thousands of submissions competing for a handful of slots that may or may not generate a meaningful outcome. — Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 8 May 2026

The Patriots rank seventh in offensive EPA and sixth defensively, while accounting for their most obvious flaws (30th in rush EPA). — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 29 Nov. 2025