Thesaurus results for SHOVES

shoves 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of shove

as in pushes

to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one I had to keep shoving my heavy suitcase as I slowly made my way to the head of the line

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as in presses

to push steadily against with some force quit shoving your hand in my face

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shoves

2 of 2

noun

plural of shove

as in sticks

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Recent Examples of shoves

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In the video, the officers appear to shout at the man walking near multiple vehicles before a group shoves the man toward the sidewalk. —

Dan Raby, CBS News, 18 June 2026 In a split second, Lou (Malcolm May) shoves the would-be shooter, whose gun accidentally goes off, but the bullets go in a different direction. —

Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 12 June 2026 Alas, Shao Khan smashes Cole’s head with a hammer, Gallagher style, and shoves his body into a vat of acid. —

James Grebey, Vulture, 12 May 2026 Our boy runs up, shoves the other player, and gets the ball. —

Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026 Near the end of the penultimate episode, Cashman confronts Blake about Urich, shoves him to the ground in a scuffle and shoots him dead. —

Jordan Moreau, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026 Jason then leans in for what looks like a kiss — and shoves her aside to grab a Garage Beer instead. —

Ryan Brennan april 28, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2026 Season 2 springboards on Fisk’s strongarm rule and his mandate to clean up the streets of rebels via his brutish Anti-Vigilante Task Force, which rounds up people – echoing recent INS maneuvers – and shoves them into deplorable conditions and cages. —

Randy Myers, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026 But for a mine, all that needs to happen is a vessel pulls up, shoves one overboard, and moves on. —

Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoves

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Meta announced its new set of smart glasses priced at $299, undercutting some of its earlier models as the company pushes to bring wearables to a broader audience.

— Justina Lee, CNBC, 24 June 2026
When an agent moves money inside a payments platform, alters a record in a hospital network or pushes code into production, the damage is harder to contain.

— Najwa Aaraj, Fortune, 23 June 2026