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rushed

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of rushed

acting or done with excessive or careless speed

a rushed job with a number of errors

Synonyms of rushed

cursory, drive-by, flying, gadarene, hasty, headlong, helter-skelter, hurried, overhasty, pell-mell, precipitate, precipitous, rash

Words Related to rushed

breakneck, breathtaking

headstrong, heady, hotheaded, impatient, impetuous, impulsive, madcap, reckless, unadvised

quick, rapid, speedy, swift

horseback, impromptu, makeshift, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff, rush, slapdash, snap, spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment

abrupt, sudden

Near Antonyms of rushed

calculated, calculating, measured

circumspect, foresighted, forethoughtful

drawn-out, extended, long-term, prolonged

faltering, hesitant, hesitating, tentative

dallying, dawdling, laggard, leisurely, poky (or pokey), shilly-shallying, slow

Antonyms of rushed

deliberate, unhurried, unrushed

rushed

verb , past tense of rush

Synonyms and Antonyms of rushed

1 to cause to move or proceed fast or faster

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

Synonyms of rushed

accelerated, bundled, fast-tracked, hastened, hurried, quickened, sped (up) (or speeded (up)), whisked

Words Related to rushed

drove, goaded, prodded, propelled, pushed, raced, spurred, stirred, urged

aided, dispatched, eased, encouraged, expedited, facilitated

Near Antonyms of rushed

delayed, encumbered, fettered, hampered, held back, held up, hindered, hobbled, impeded, interfered (with), manacled, reined (in), restrained, shackled, tied up, trammeled (or trammelled)

arrested, checked, stalled, stayed, stilled, stopped

Antonyms of rushed

braked, decelerated, retarded, slowed (down)

2 to flow out in great quantities or with force

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

Synonyms of rushed

gushed, jetted, poured, spewed, spouted, spurted, squirted, swooshed

Words Related to rushed

cascaded, issued, ran (also chiefly dialectal run), rolled, streamed

plashed, sloshed, splashed, washed

surged, swelled

flushed, sluiced

deluged, drowned, engulfed, flooded, inundated, overflowed, overwhelmed, submerged, submersed, swamped

fountained

Near Antonyms of rushed

spattered, sprinkled

bled, exuded, leaked, oozed, percolated, seeped, strained, wept

Antonyms of rushed

dribbled, dripped, dropped, trickled

3 to proceed or move quickly

rushing is a good way to slip and fall

Synonyms of rushed

barreled (or barrelled), belted, blasted, blazed, blew, bolted, bombed [slang], bowled, breezed, bundled, bustled, buzzed, cannonballed, careened, careered, chased, coursed, cracked (on), dashed, drove, flew, hared, hastened, hied, highballed, hotfooted (it), humped, hurled, hurried, hurtled, hustled, jetted, jumped, motored, nipped, pelted, raced, rammed, ran (also chiefly dialectal run), ripped, rocketed, rustled, scooted, scurried, scuttled, shot, sped (or speeded), stepped, tore, traveled (or travelled), trotted, whirled, whisked, zipped, zoomed

Words Related to rushed

beetled, darted, flitted, scampered, scudded, scuffled

stampeded, streaked, whizzed

galloped, jogged, sprinted

accelerated, quickened, stepped out

caught up, fast-forwarded, outpaced, outran, outstripped, overtook

arrowed, beelined

Phrases Synonymous with rushed

beat it, got a move on, made tracks, shook a leg, stepped on it

Near Antonyms of rushed

dallied, dawdled, dillydallied, dragged, hung (around or out) (also hanged (around or out)), lagged, lingered, loitered, poked, tarried

ambled, lumbered, plodded, sauntered, shuffled, strolled

decelerated, slowed (down or up)

Antonyms of rushed

crawled, crept, poked

4 to take sudden, violent action against

one goat suddenly rushed the other and knocked it down

Synonyms of rushed

assailed, assaulted, attacked, beset, bushwhacked, charged, descended (on or upon), jumped (on), pounced (on or upon), raided, set on, sicced (also sicked), stormed, struck, trashed, turned (on), went in (on)

Words Related to rushed

bum-rushed, ganged up (on), mobbed, swarmed

mugged, robbed

ambuscaded, ambushed, surprised (also surprized), waylaid

blitzed, bombarded, bombed, nuked

barraged, cannonaded, cannoned

banged away (at), battered, buffeted, plastered

beleaguered, besieged, pressed

harried, looted, pillaged, plundered, ravaged, sacked

forayed, invaded, overran

enveloped, flanked

Phrases Synonymous with rushed

beat up on, flew at, lit into, pitched into, rounded on, set at, set upon, tore into, went at

Near Antonyms of rushed

covered, defended, guarded, protected, secured, shielded

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