Synonyms of rustles

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verb

present tense third-person singular of rustle

1

as in grazes

to feed on grass or herbs

just take the steer out to pasture and let it rustle for itself

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grazes
• forages
• pastures
• browses
• feeds
• eats
• nibbles
• stocks
• ranges
• overgrazes

2

as in scurries

to proceed or move quickly

rustled around enthusiastically on the morning of the big trip

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scurries
• rushes
• hurries
• trots
• speeds
• flies
• buzzes
• zips
• travels
• races
• drives
• chases
• jumps
• scoots
• blows
• runs
• scuttles
• rips
• whirls
• darts
• dashes
• tears
• hurls
• bustles
• zooms
• shoots
• hustles
• blasts
• bowls
• jogs
• breezes
• steps
• whisks
• hastens
• rams
• barrels
• bolts
• hies
• careens
• hurtles
• belts
• motors
• blazes
• cracks (on)
• gallops
• bundles
• nips
• courses
• pelts
• humps
• jets
• beats it
• flits
• rockets
• steps on it
• careers
• makes tracks
• scampers
• hares
• bombs
• hotfoots (it)
• highballs
• cannonballs
• shakes a leg
• accelerates
• gets a move on
• sprints
• beetles
• whizzes
• stampedes
• quickens
• scuds
• overtakes
• streaks
• scuffles
• outstrips
• outruns
• outpaces
• steps out
• arrows
• beelines
• fast-forwards
• catches up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawls
• lingers
• creeps
• pokes
• drags
• lags
• loiters
• pokes
• hangs (around or out)
• shuffles
• dawdles
• strolls
• saunters
• ambles
• tarries
• dallies
• slows (down or up)
• lumbers
• plods
• decelerates
• dillydallies

3

as in crackles

to make small sounds usually by rubbing or moving

my pet peeve is candy wrappers rustling during a movie

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crackles
• whispers
• squeaks
• sighs
• creaks
• crinkles
• murmurs
• whooshes
• gurgles
• babbles
• crepitates
• swooshes

rustles

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noun

plural of rustle

as in whispers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whispers
• babbles
• sighs
• gurgles
• gasps
• murmurs
• hisses
• whirrs
• hums
• coos
• moans
• whirs
• susurrations
• thrums
• suspirations
• zooms
• burrs
• zings
• purrs
• chirrs
• susurruses
• buzzes
• churrs
• whizzes
• drones
• zips
• whishes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• screams
• shrieks
• yells
• roars
• screeches
• squeals
• howls
• squalls
• yelps
• bawls