Push

//pʊʃ//

Synonyms for "push" (615 found)

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Closest matches (123)

Verb(21 words)

drive press promote advertise force abet actuate advertize agitate approach bear down bear on boo-boo bring about bring round cack campaign cheer choke a darkie convict

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convince

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Noun(1 words)

button

Strong matches (185)

counterattack counteroffensive coup de main cow cram crippling attack crisis critical juncture critical point crossroads crowd crucial period crunch crusade crush dash dead set at deny depart depress

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descent on determination die trying dig dint dismissal dispatch diversion diversionary attack domineer dragoon drive drive on driving force drove dun duress dynamism eagerness effect effectiveness effectuality effort egg on elbow emergency encourage endeavor enlarge enterprise enterprisingness enthusiasm entreat exert exert pressure exertion exhort exigency expand expedite extremity fence fire flank flank attack flower power foray force force majeure forcefulness forge ahead forward frontal attack full blast full force gas gas attack get get moving get-up-and-get get-up-and-go getup ginger go go ahead go all out go away go slow go-ahead go-getting go-to-itiveness goad group gumption harass haste hasten hasten on head head-on attack hie hie on high-pressure hinge hit the road horde hound hunch hurry hurry along hurry on hurry up hurtle hustle hustle up hype impel impetus importune impulse impulsion incentive inch inch forward incitation incite incitement increase incursion induce infiltrate infiltration influence initiative insist insist upon instigation interpose intimidate invasion jab jam jawbone

Verb(40 words)

crap crowd crusade defecate do a number two do one's ease do one's easement draw drite drop a bomb drop a chalupa drop a deuce drop anchor drop the kids off at the pool dung ease oneself egg on encourage engender evoke

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excite exrementize feceate fight foment gain over galvanize gin up goad goose grill have a shit ignite impel incense incite induce inflame instigate invoke

Noun(2 words)

energy get-up-and-go

Related words (307)

jog joggle jolt jostle kick launch launch an attack leave light out lightning attack lightning war lobby lot magnify main force main strength make make things hum mana march against

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march upon mash mass attack megadeath might might and main mightiness mob mobilize momentum moonshine motivate motive power mount an attack move moxie muddle through mugging multiply multitude muscle power nag nag at notice nudge offense offensive onset onslaught open an offensive overburden overkill oversell overstrain overtax panzer warfare pass pedal peddle pep pepper persuade pester pile drive pinch piss and vinegar pizzazz plague plead plead with plug plunge ply poke pole poop potence potency potentiality power power pack power structure power struggle powerfulness precipitate prepotency press forward press on pressure proceed prod productiveness productivity promote prompt propagandize propel propellant propelling propelment propulsion provocative publicize puff puissance pull pulsion pump punch push button push forward push off push on push shot push through pushfulness pushiness pushing pushingness quicken raid railroad railroad through ram ram down rash impulse rattle rebuff recommend reject rise roll rouse row rub run run against run at rush rush along sail away sally scram scramble sell set set in motion shake shame shock tactics shoot ahead shoulder shove shove off shoving shunt sinew skedaddle snap soft soap soft-soap sortie speed speed along speed up spirit spread spunk spur squab squash squeeze squish stampede starch steam step lively stick stick out stimulant stimulate stimulus strain strait strength stress strike strong arm superiority superpower sweep sweep along sweet talk sweet-talk take off talk tamp tax tease the boot the sack throng throw thrust torment tout traffic treadle troll trundle try try again try and try try hard tug turn turning point tyrannize unprovoked assault up-and-comingness urge urgency validity vehemence venturesomeness venturousness verve vigor vim virility virtue virulence vitality walking papers wattage weight wheedle whip whip along work on zeal zing zip

Verb(60 words)

kindle labor labour lash light a fire under motivate motive move move one's bowels near obligate oblige persuade pimp pinch a loaf pinch one off poo pooh poop prevail upon

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Noun(4 words)

push button push shot pushing thrust

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

13 relation types

More general

40 entries

actuation advance advancement advertise advertize approach come near come on deal displace draw close draw near drive electric switch electrical switch exhort

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Antonyms

3 entries

draw pop pull

Synonyms

8 entries

advertise approach bear down crusade energy press push button tug

Related terms

2 entries

pedal pushers push it

derived

129 entries

Tush Push at a push bed push bell push bellpush cost-push inflation counterpush get the push give someone the push if push comes to shove octopush outpush overpush push against an open door

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distinct from

1 entries

pulling

entails

2 entries

move press

etymologically related_to

1 entries

pouch

has context

9 entries

chess computing crime dialect internet military poker snooker uk

is a

3 entries

force progress propulsion

manner of

6 entries

approach deal move press travel urge

related to

80 entries

abdomen action all in approach auction audience away bet bid bullying button buttons client climax comes comes to

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similar

14 entries

advertise advertize agitate bear on campaign crusade drive fight force labor labour press promote tug

Translations

338 translations across 113 languages.

Albanian

2 entries

shtyrje noun (short, directed application of force; act of pushing)
shtyj verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ὠθέω verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Arabic

4 entries

دَفْعَة noun (short, directed application of force; act of pushing)
دَفَعَ verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
دَفّ verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
زق verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Armenian

1 entries

հրել verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Aromanian

1 entries

pingu verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Asturian

1 entries

emburriar verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

təkan noun (short, directed application of force; act of pushing)
itələmək verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Belarusian

2 entries

шту́рхаць verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
штурхну́ць verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Bengali

4 entries

ঠেলা noun (short, directed application of force; act of pushing)
ধাক্কা noun (short, directed application of force; act of pushing)
ধাক্কা দেওয়া verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
ধাক্কানো verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

ठेलल verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Bikol Central

4 entries

busol verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
tuldang verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
tulod verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
ugsod verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Bulgarian

4 entries

бутане noun (short, directed application of force; act of pushing)
натиск noun (attempt to persuade someone)
тласкане noun (short, directed application of force; act of pushing)
усилие noun (great effort (to do something))

Burmese

1 entries

တွန်း verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Catalan

4 entries

empenta noun (short, directed application of force; act of pushing)
empenta noun (great effort (to do something))
empenta noun (attempt to persuade someone)
empentar verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Cebuano

2 entries

duso verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
tulod verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Central Kurdish

4 entries

پاڵ noun (short, directed application of force; act of pushing)
پاڵ دان verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
پاڵ پێوەنان verb (to continually attempt to persuade into a particular action)
پاڵ پێوەنان verb (to continually attempt to promote point of view, product etc.)

Chechen

1 entries

татта verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

推 verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Cornish

1 entries

herdhya verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Czech

4 entries

pohánět verb (to continually attempt to persuade into a particular action)
prosazovat verb (to continually attempt to promote point of view, product etc.)
tlačit verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
tlačit verb (intransitive: to tense the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents)

Dalmatian

1 entries

spangro verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Danish

4 entries

anstrengelse noun (great effort (to do something))
skub noun (short, directed application of force; act of pushing)
tryk noun (act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents)
drive fremad verb (to press or urge forward; to drive)

Dutch

3 entries

duw noun (short, directed application of force; act of pushing)
duwen verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
stoten verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Esperanto

3 entries

puŝo noun (short, directed application of force; act of pushing)
peli verb (to continually attempt to persuade into a particular action)
puŝi verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Estonian

1 entries

tõukama verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Finnish

4 entries

huokuttelu noun (attempt to persuade someone)
painostus noun (attempt to persuade someone)
ponnistus noun (act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents)
ponnistus noun (great effort (to do something))

French

2 entries

poussée noun (short, directed application of force; act of pushing)
pousser verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Friulian

4 entries

parâ verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
pocâ verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
sburtâ verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
stocâ verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Galician

4 entries

empurrón noun (short, directed application of force; act of pushing)
apurrar verb (to press or urge forward; to drive)
empurrar verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
empurrar verb (to continually attempt to persuade into a particular action)

German

4 entries

Druck noun (act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents)
Schubs noun (short, directed application of force; act of pushing)
Stoß noun (short, directed application of force; act of pushing)
drängen verb (to continually attempt to persuade into a particular action)

Greek

1 entries

σπρώχνω verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Hebrew

1 entries

דָּחַף verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Higaonon

1 entries

dusu verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Hindi

2 entries

ठेलना verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
धकेलना verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Hungarian

4 entries

lök verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
megtol verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
terjeszt verb (to continually attempt to promote point of view, product etc.)
tol verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Icelandic

2 entries

hrinda verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
ýta verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Ido

1 entries

pulsar verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Indonesian

1 entries

dorong verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Ingrian

4 entries

lykätä verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
tupata verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
tuppia verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
törkätä verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Ingush

1 entries

татта verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Isan

1 entries

ซุก verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Italian

4 entries

impulso noun (great effort (to do something))
incentivo noun (attempt to persuade someone)
incoraggiamento noun (attempt to persuade someone)
spinta noun (short, directed application of force; act of pushing)

Japanese

1 entries

押す verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Jarai

1 entries

čur verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Javanese

1 entries

tolak verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Kazakh

1 entries

итеру verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries

thòi verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Khmer

2 entries

ជំរុញ verb (to continually attempt to persuade into a particular action)
រុញ verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Korean

1 entries

밀다 verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

итерүү verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
түртүү verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Ladin

1 entries

sburdlé verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Ladino

3 entries

rondjon noun (short, directed application of force; act of pushing)
arrepushar verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
arrondjar verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Lao

3 entries

ຊຸກ verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
ດັນ verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
ໄສ verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Latgalian

2 entries

gryust verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
stumt verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Latin

2 entries

pello verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
trūdō verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Latvian

2 entries

grūst verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
skubināt verb (to continually attempt to persuade into a particular action)

Lithuanian

1 entries

stumti verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Low German

1 entries

stoten verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Lü

1 entries

ᦍᦴᧉ verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Macedonian

2 entries

бутка verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
турка verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Malay

1 entries

tolak verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Mansaka

1 entries

torod verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Maranao

1 entries

tolod verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Marathi

1 entries

ढकलणे verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Mingrelian

1 entries

ჯიკაფი verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Mongolian

1 entries

түлхэх verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Māori

2 entries

kōpana verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
whakatoutou verb (intransitive: to tense the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents)

Neapolitan

1 entries

vottà verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Northern Thai

1 entries

ᨿᩪ᩶ verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Norwegian

2 entries

dytte verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
skubbe verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Occitan

2 entries

butar verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
empénher verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Old English

1 entries

scūfan verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Old Javanese

1 entries

tulak verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Oromo

1 entries

dhiibuu verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Pashto

2 entries

خچل verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
ټېل وهل verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Persian

1 entries

هل دادن verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Polish

4 entries

pchać verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
pchać verb (to continually attempt to persuade into a particular action)
pchnąć verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
popchnąć verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Portuguese

4 entries

empurrão noun (short, directed application of force; act of pushing)
contrair verb (intransitive: to tense the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents)
empurrar verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
forçar verb (to continually attempt to promote point of view, product etc.)

Quechua

2 entries

tangai verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
tanqay verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Romanian

2 entries

apăsa verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
împinge verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Russian

4 entries

толчо́к noun (short, directed application of force; act of pushing)
пиха́ть verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
пихну́ть verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
подгоня́ть verb (to continually attempt to persuade into a particular action)

Sardinian

3 entries

ipinghere verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
ispinghere verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
spingiri verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

put verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
stob verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

gurati verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
potisnuti verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
гурати verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
потиснути verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Shan

1 entries

ဢီး verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Slovak

1 entries

tlačiť verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Slovene

2 entries

potiskati verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
tiskati verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Somali

1 entries

riixid verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Southern Altai

1 entries

ийдер verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Spanish

4 entries

empujo noun (act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents)
empujón noun (short, directed application of force; act of pushing)
empujón noun (great effort (to do something))
pujo noun (act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents)

Sundanese

1 entries

sorong verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Swahili

1 entries

kusukuma verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Swedish

4 entries

knuff noun (short, directed application of force; act of pushing)
krysta verb (intransitive: to tense the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents)
pracka på verb (to continually attempt to persuade into a particular action)
pressa verb (to continually attempt to persuade into a particular action)

Tagalog

2 entries

iniri verb (intransitive: to tense the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents)
itulak verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Tai Dam

1 entries

ꪎꪴꪥ verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Tajik

1 entries

тела додан verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Tamil

1 entries

தள்ளு verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Telugu

4 entries

బృహత్ ప్రయత్నం noun (great effort (to do something))
విన్యాసము noun (military: marching or drill maneuver)
వెనుకకు నెట్టి ముందుకు పోవు noun (short, directed application of force; act of pushing)
ఆగగని ప్రతిపాదన verb (to continually attempt to promote point of view, product etc.)

Thai

4 entries

กด verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
ดัน verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
ดัน verb (to continually attempt to promote point of view, product etc.)
ผลัก verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Tooro

1 entries

sindika verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Turkish

3 entries

itiş noun (short, directed application of force; act of pushing)
itelemek verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
itmek verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Turkmen

2 entries

itelemek verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
itmek verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Ukrainian

2 entries

по́штовх noun (short, directed application of force; act of pushing)
штовха́ти verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Urdu

1 entries

دھکیلنا verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Uyghur

1 entries

ئىتتىرمەك verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Uzbek

2 entries

itarmoq verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
turtmoq verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Venetan

4 entries

far reclam verb (to continually attempt to promote point of view, product etc.)
pender verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
pender verb (intransitive: to tense the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents)
spender verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Vietnamese

4 entries

chuyển giao verb (computing: to publish an update, etc. by transmitting it to other computers)
xô verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
đẩy verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
đẩy lên verb (computing: to publish an update, etc. by transmitting it to other computers)

Waray-Waray

4 entries

du-so noun (short, directed application of force; act of pushing)
tu-lang noun (short, directed application of force; act of pushing)
gin-tulang verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
i-duso verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Welsh

1 entries

gwthio verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

West-Frisian

1 entries

triuwe verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

White Hmong

1 entries

thawb verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Zealandic

1 entries

douwe verb (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)

Sample sentences

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In case of an emergency, push this button.

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The students wanted us to help push the car.

Source: tatoeba (21430)

In case of fire, break the glass and push the red button.

Source: tatoeba (23822)

Push the job and get it done this week.

Source: tatoeba (24922)

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