Synonyms of rushing

rushing 1 of 2

adjective

as in rapid

Related Words

• rapid
• running
• hurrying
• swift
• speeding
• lightning
• hasty
• racing
• flying
• speedy
• bolting
• whirlwind
• rocketing
• breathless
• scurrying
• fleet
• warp-speed
• barreling
• whirling
• brisk
• zipping
• meteoric
• ready
• careering
• quick
• dizzy
• breakneck
• expeditious
• prompt
• rushed
• scudding
• whisking
• scooting
• fast
• hurried
• accelerated
• hastened
• snappy
• quickened

Dissimilar Words

• creeping
• dragging
• slow
• crawling
• leisurely
• lagging
• sluggish
• tardy
• dilatory
• unhurried
• languid
• laggard
• deliberate
• poky
• dawdling
• poking
• dillydallying
• dallying
• measured
• snail-paced
• snaillike
• lethargic
• lounging
• inactive
• inert
• loafing

rushing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of rush

1

as in accelerating

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

• accelerating
• pushing
• hurrying
• urging
• hastening
• encouraging
• quickening
• bundling
• whisking
• speeding (up)
• driving
• fast-tracking
• facilitating
• racing
• spurring
• propelling
• stirring
• prodding
• aiding
• expediting
• goading
• dispatching
• easing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• braking
• slowing (down)
• retarding
• decelerating
• delaying
• restraining
• impeding
• hindering
• interfering (with)
• hampering
• checking
• stopping
• hobbling
• holding back
• staying
• encumbering
• tying up
• holding up
• stalling
• arresting
• reining (in)
• stilling
• shackling
• fettering
• manacling
• trammeling

2

as in pouring

to flow out in great quantities or with force

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pouring
• streaming
• rolling
• gushing
• splashing
• spurting
• spewing
• squirting
• spouting
• running
• jetting
• swooshing
• washing
• flooding
• issuing
• flushing
• surging
• cascading
• drowning
• sloshing
• swelling
• inundating
• overflowing
• swamping
• sluicing
• submerging
• engulfing
• overwhelming
• plashing
• deluging
• fountaining
• submersing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dropping
• dripping
• trickling
• dribbling
• bleeding
• sprinkling
• straining
• leaking
• weeping
• seeping
• oozing
• percolating
• spattering
• exuding

3

as in hurrying

to proceed or move quickly

rushing is a good way to slip and fall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hurrying
• scurrying
• speeding
• traveling
• racing
• flying
• driving
• trotting
• zipping
• jumping
• chasing
• running
• buzzing
• darting
• blowing
• stepping
• scooting
• dashing
• blasting
• scuttling
• tearing
• ripping
• whirling
• bolting
• zooming
• ramming
• hustling
• barreling
• blazing
• hastening
• shooting
• bowling
• hurtling
• rustling
• hurling
• jogging
• careering
• breezing
• careening
• rocketing
• bustling
• whisking
• bundling
• haring
• coursing
• motoring
• pelting
• jetting
• nipping
• galloping
• cracking (on)
• humping
• belting
• bombing
• cannonballing
• hying
• highballing
• beating it
• scampering
• flitting
• stepping on it
• getting a move on
• making tracks
• stampeding
• sprinting
• hotfooting (it)
• shaking a leg
• whizzing
• scuffling
• accelerating
• scudding
• streaking
• overtaking
• quickening
• outrunning
• beetling
• outpacing
• outstripping
• stepping out
• catching up
• beelining
• arrowing
• fast-forwarding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• creeping
• crawling
• dragging
• poking
• lingering
• hanging (around or out)
• lagging
• poking
• dawdling
• shuffling
• strolling
• loitering
• sauntering
• ambling
• plodding
• dallying
• lumbering
• tarrying
• slowing (down or up)
• decelerating
• dillydallying

4

as in attacking

to take sudden, violent action against

one goat suddenly rushed the other and knocked it down

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacking
• storming
• assaulting
• raiding
• striking
• ambushing
• robbing
• charging
• swarming
• assailing
• invading
• turning (on)
• descending (on or upon)
• jumping (on)
• flying at
• trashing
• going in (on)
• besetting
• setting on
• setting at
• pouncing (on or upon)
• tearing into
• going at
• bushwhacking
• setting upon
• pitching into
• siccing
• beating up on
• blitzing
• sacking
• rounding on
• bombarding
• surprising
• besieging
• waylaying
• flanking
• mobbing
• bombing
• lighting into
• mugging
• barraging
• plundering
• ravaging
• battering
• bum-rushing
• looting
• nuking
• ganging up (on)
• cannoning
• pillaging
• harrying
• buffeting
• overrunning
• enveloping
• ambuscading
• cannonading
• beleaguering
• banging away (at)
• plastering
• pressing
• foraying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protecting
• covering
• securing
• defending
• guarding
• shielding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rushing

Verb

Iamaleava threw for 1,928 yards and led the team in rushing with 505 yards. — Antonio Morales, New York Times, 22 July 2026

Otherwise, rushing to offer solutions can leave people feeling dismissed instead of supported. — Angela Haupt, Time, 22 July 2026

Fletcher would find himself atop Miami’s record book with 1,207 rushing yards and/or 10 rushing touchdowns. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026

Katalyst Space Technologies, meanwhile, continues to test its Link satellite helper in orbit before rushing to the Swift Observatory’s rescue. — Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 22 July 2026

Jacobs was also named the Pro Football Writers Association’s Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2019 after setting a Raiders franchise rookie rushing record with 1,150 yards. — Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Cooper, 28, was expected to pair with Bonitto for yet another season as one of the league’s most disruptive edge-rushing duos. — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 21 July 2026

Jim said that message reinforces management's priority of improving execution and increasing production on its current lineup, rather than rushing to introduce another plane. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 20 July 2026

There’s nothing like it—the sun shining, a warm breeze tussling your hair, waves rushing onto the shore, and breathing in the fresh, salty air. — Susan B. Barnes, Southern Living, 14 July 2026