Synonyms of flush

flush 1 of 3

adjective

1

as in tanned

having a healthy reddish skin tone

was flush after getting out of the hot bath

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tanned
• red
• glowing
• flushed
• ruddy
• warm
• rosy
• blooming
• brown
• sanguine
• blushing
• rubicund
• florid
• pink
• bronzed
• full-blooded
• pinkish
• suntanned
• blowsy
• blowzy
• bloomy
• cherubic

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pale
• sallow
• wan
• pallid
• ashen
• livid
• lurid
• white
• peaked
• pasty
• ashy
• palish
• doughy
• mealy
• waxen
• waxy
• peaky
• sallowish
• blanched
• whitened
• sick
• paled
• anemic
• sickly
• bloodless
• cadaverous
• white-faced
• whey-faced

2

as in plane

having a surface without bends, breaks, or irregularities

the flush paneling on the door gives it a very plain and dull look

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plane
• smooth
• level
• flat
• even
• horizontal
• exact
• vertical
• regular
• uniform
• true
• aligned
• straight
• plumb
• alined
• tabular

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• coarse
• rough
• uneven
• lumpy
• bumpy
• irregular
• warped
• undulating
• wavy
• inexact
• unsmoothed
• unaligned
• undulatory
• pitted
• pockmarked
• pocky

3

as in energetic

having active strength of body or mind

a flush, healthy man of 65

Synonyms & Similar Words

• energetic
• vigorous
• robust
• dynamic
• lively
• powerful
• fit
• healthy
• strong
• lusty
• vital
• capable
• tough
• peppy
• mighty
• gingery
• red-blooded
• hale
• spirited
• brisk
• athletic
• sturdy
• animated
• muscular
• energized
• kinetic
• refreshed
• sound
• rejuvenated
• punchy
• dashing
• vivacious
• rugged
• stout
• hardy
• fortified
• sprightly
• vitalized
• virile
• beefy
• competent
• firm
• enlivened
• burly
• invigorated
• mettlesome
• hearty
• brawny
• revitalized
• husky
• puissant
• strapping
• stalwart
• able-bodied
• robustious

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sluggish
• weak
• dull
• faint
• lethargic
• listless
• wan
• delicate
• torpid
• feeble
• prostrate
• tired
• weakened
• frail
• impotent
• powerless
• effete
• soft
• infirm
• lazy
• languid
• ill
• indolent
• wasted
• lackadaisical
• enervated
• disabled
• invertebrate
• nerveless
• sapped
• unhealthy
• wimpy
• spineless
• prostrated
• unsound
• unwell
• debilitated
• decrepit
• broken-down
• worn-out

4

as in wealthy

having goods, property, or money in abundance

she's very flush now that she has her inheritance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wealthy
• rich
• affluent
• moneyed
• loaded
• monied
• successful
• opulent
• well-to-do
• well-endowed
• fat-cat
• in the chips
• fat
• comfortable
• well-heeled
• well-off
• silk-stocking
• deep-pocketed
• well-fixed
• prosperous
• substantial
• thriving
• prospering
• propertied
• better-off
• privileged
• flourishing
• advantaged
• blest
• blessed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• poor
• indigent
• impoverished
• destitute
• needy
• penniless
• penurious
• deprived
• impecunious
• bankrupt
• disadvantaged
• broke
• poverty-stricken
• pinched
• indebted
• hand-to-mouth
• depressed
• insolvent
• ruined
• underprivileged
• reduced
• short
• low
• unaffluent
• straitened
• skint
• pauperized
• beggared
• bankrupted

5

as in filled

possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified

a field flush with flowers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filled
• bursting
• packed
• crowded
• jammed
• abundant
• stuffed
• awash
• crammed
• swarming
• teeming
• rife
• saturated
• replete
• fraught
• thick
• brimming
• loaded
• lousy
• buzzing
• clogged
• bulging
• abounding
• thronging
• busy
• overflowing
• full
• chock-full
• congested
• overfilled
• humming
• overloaded
• overstuffed
• overladen
• fat
• overcrowded
• chockful
• lively
• surfeited
• overfull
• jam-packed
• bustling
• alive
• animated
• astir

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• empty
• blank
• devoid
• void
• bare
• vacant
• barren
• stark
• depleted
• short
• drained
• insufficient
• deficient
• incomplete
• exhausted

6

as in adjacent

having a border in common

the front yard's floral border is flush with the sidewalk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adjacent
• neighboring
• adjoining
• closest
• bordering
• close
• contiguous
• touching
• joining
• abutting
• attached
• flanking
• juxtaposed
• united
• nearest
• connected
• skirting
• connecting
• linked
• fringing
• conterminous
• near
• verging
• surrounding
• communicating
• nearby
• immediate
• joined
• encircling
• nigh
• approximate
• marginal
• next-door
• fencing
• peripheral
• embracing
• bounding
• enclosing
• tangential
• ambient
• interconnecting
• tangent
• rimming
• circumjacent
• inclosing
• encompassing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• single
• separate
• apart
• discrete
• isolated
• detached
• isolate
• disconnected
• unconnected
• noncontiguous
• removed
• unattached
• remote
• free-standing
• nonadjacent
• distant
• farthest
• unlinked
• far
• away
• split
• resolved
• discontinuous
• divided
• broken up
• noncontinuous
• severed
• far-off
• uncoupled
• dissociated
• parted
• divorced
• faraway
• ramified
• disunited
• disjoined
• sundered
• dissevered
• unyoked

flush

2 of 3

noun

1

as in blush

a rosy appearance (of the cheeks)

looked for a flush on her cheeks as evidence of a fever

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blush
• color
• glow
• brightness
• bloom
• redness
• brilliance
• reddishness
• pinkness
• rosiness
• ruddiness
• sanguineness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• whiteness
• pallor
• paleness
• pastiness
• wanness
• greenness
• sallowness
• pallidness
• greenishness

2

as in bloom

a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement

was in the flush of his youth

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bloom
• blooming
• prime
• flower
• blossom
• revival
• springtime
• heyday
• salad days
• florescence
• flowering
• pinnacle
• high noon
• autumn
• blossoming
• floruit
• efflorescence
• peak
• apex
• zenith
• golden age
• Indian summer
• summit
• meridian
• climax
• recovery
• grandeur
• glory
• acme
• silver age
• splendor
• belle epoque
• belle époque
• comeback

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• decline
• decay
• downfall
• bottom
• nadir
• wilting
• withering
• shrivelling
• shriveling

3

as in burst

a sudden intense expression of strong feeling

a flush of patriotic pride

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burst
• explosion
• flash
• outburst
• eruption
• blaze
• fit
• flare
• gush
• spasm
• gust
• gale
• storm
• agony
• paroxysm
• frenzy
• ebullition
• rage
• flare-up
• transport
• ecstasy
• tantrum
• rapture
• blowup
• delirium
• firestorm
• furor
• grouch

flush

3 of 3

verb

1

as in to rinse

to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse

use this cleaner to flush the drain in the sink

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rinse
• wash
• flood
• irrigate
• wash out
• sluice
• flow
• inundate
• stream
• swamp
• engulf
• gush
• deluge
• soak
• saturate
• hose
• rush
• splash
• drench
• slosh
• douche
• douse
• dowse

2

as in to blush

to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)

he flushed deeply upon hearing the compliment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blush
• glow
• crimson
• turn color
• redden
• bloom
• color
• rouge
• ruddle
• humiliate
• disconcert
• incarnadine
• mortify
• faze
• embarrass
• abash
• discomfit
• chagrin