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

Leading the charge is fifth-year tailback Wayne Knight who has 345 rushing yards and eight touchdowns in just three games — matching the Bruins’ total rushing touchdown mark from last season. — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026

Turkey and Pakistan, with whom Riyadh signed a much-vaunted defence pact last month, aren’t rushing to help the Saudis out. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 20 Sep. 2026

As the news of the helicopter crash spread, media crews from the bus accident scene began rushing to the helicopter site and were told by law enforcement to evacuate because the situation was too dangerous, NBC4 footage showed. — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

Boise State’s rushing attack began to crack open the Coyotes’ defense throughout the second half, but the passing game was stymied to just three plays covering at least 15 yards. — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 20 Sep. 2026

Sire Gaines added 102 yards rushing, including a short-yardage scoring run that tied the game 14-14 midway through the second quarter. — ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026

Kendre Miller scored the lone rushing touchdown for New Orleans while handling as many carries as Etienne (9). — Andy Behrens, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Larry Csonka owns the Dolphins’ career record for rushing yards with 6,737. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026