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

While some of these undertakings are pegged to the country's 250th anniversary, critics have long accused the president of rushing to memorialize himself out of fear that no one else will. — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 28 Sep. 2026

And their struggles rushing seemed to seep into the passing game, allowing the Bruins to focus on the aerial attack. — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

The screaming sounded like a young girl, but the voice was muffled and hard to hear above the rushing river. — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

The week-to-week designation is encouraging for an offense built around its rushing attack and Hall’s versatility. — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026

In those losses, he’s credited for 10 carries for minus-38 yards (sacks count as rushing yards in college football). — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2026

In those moments, the quarterback’s mobility undid Florida’s defense, rushing for a pair of touchdowns in the third quarter while still managing 298 passing yards. — Noah White, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2026

Offensively, the Dolphins rushed for a season-best 119 yards after rushing for 74 in the opener at the Las Vegas Raiders and 102 last week at the San Francisco 49ers. — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 27 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