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

His design for Fallingwater therefore suspends the architecture above the fall itself, filling the home constantly with the powerful sound of rushing water. — Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 14 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

Chinese solar companies are rushing to divest from the US as Washington looks to curb China’s influence in the clean energy sector. — Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 14 July 2026

As stablecoin use surges globally, traditional finance is rushing to keep pace. — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 14 July 2026

Be wary of rushing straight to the most popular attractions at the park, as many others will have that identical strategy. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

The menu has enough sense to understand that the skyline gets people in the room, but the food is what keeps them from rushing to the next reservation. — Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026

Lane is the son of former Texas A&M running back Jorvorskie Lane, who holds the Aggies’ career rushing touchdown record. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2026

For even more dramatic alpine scenery, make the drive to Glacier National Park to hike beneath glaciers, spot rushing waterfalls fed by ancient ice fields, and brave a freezing cold plunge in an aquamarine glacier lake. — Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2026