RUSHER Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

rusher

noun

Definition of rusher

as in speeder

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Recent Examples of rusher The second leading rusher, Traeshawn Brown, has 42 carries for 211 yards and five scores. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026 Smart said Saturday that Georgia’s leading rusher had gotten dinged up and could’ve returned to the game if need be. — Connor Riley, AJC.com, 21 Sep. 2026 Moulton, their leading rusher, was hurt in the fourth quarter of last Saturday's 16-13 win over Iowa State. — ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026 Josh Uche, a seven-year veteran who has started four of the 77 games he’s played, is expected fill Robinson’s role as Miami’s primary pass rusher. — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rusher

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Noun

That includes cracking down on ghost plates and creating a super speeder program.

— Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026
The striking new museum resembles a spaceship, a land speeder or other futuristic structures.

— Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of speeder

Noun

This new entry is a scrambler, as the name suggests, that was first publicly unveiled at the EICMA 2025.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2026
Defenses will eventually create a book on Willis, who has a reputation as a scrambler, taking away his strengths and forcing him to lean into his weaknesses.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 27 July 2026

Definition of scrambler

Noun

Give me the drunks, the nightclub comics, the vaudevillians, the hustlers, and the people doing three shows a night for 20 bucks and a sandwich.

— Emma Specter, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2026
Facinelli plays the Boss, a ruthless figure whose cash ends up in the pool hustler’s hands, and intends to get it back, one way or another.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of hustler

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