THRUSTING Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

thrusting

verb

present participle of thrust

as in pushing

to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one the cat thrust her paw under the couch, trying to reach her toy mouse

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as in rising

to move or extend upward the butte thrusts up 300 feet from the floor of the valley

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Recent Examples of thrusting After fighting to find their way back to one another, Henry and Julia were at the standing stones of Craig Na Dun, hoping to return to their own time, and Brian and Ellen’s romantic escape was interrupted as the 1715 Jacobite Rising began, thrusting the clans into war. —

Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026 The long-running series is enjoying its latest act on Netflix after previously airing on Fox and USA, tantalizing viewers by thrusting four couples due for a reckoning into an exotic locale overflowing with sultry singles whose only goal is to flirt. —

Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Apr. 2026 Sharpton's National Action Network Convention is thrusting the emerging race out into the open. —

Zac Anderson, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026 But soon into the hip-thrusting performance, the mic was abruptly shut off and everyone had to go home. —

Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026 Far from thrusting their run-in into chaos, this may become a moment which galvanises Leeds. —

Beren Cross, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026 With Israel thrusting deeper into Lebanon, fears are mounting that Qlayaa will suffer the same fate as Alma al-Shaab, a Christian village on the border whose remaining residents all evacuated after a villager was killed this week. —

Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026 At one point, Sprunk grabbed the woman from behind and started thrusting toward her, court documents said. —

Nick Lentz, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026 The seat was drawn to favor a Democrat, thrusting Kiley into an uphill battle for a third term in the House of Representatives. —

Alexei Koseff, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2026

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Somebody who is just living greatness and never rests on that laurel but is always pushing herself to expand as an artist.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
But for Ternus, perhaps the most critical aspect of his new job will be pushing the company deeper into AI, where it's lagged many of its megacap peers.

— Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026