The politician pushed for reform by denouncing the corruption of the government officials.
Source: tatoeba (2020)
Pushed
/pʊʃt/
Synonyms for "pushed" (30 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Verb(3 words)
Strong matches (9)
Verb(7 words)
hard pressedhurried
Related words (15)
Related word relations
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More general
12 entriesdescriptive attributeeffortmovementpersistencepersuasionphysical actionplanning activitypressurepsychological statesocial influencestate of motiontime management action
More specific
17 entriesacceleratecoaxencourageexpeditefast-trackforge aheadpeer pressurepresspress onpropelpush forwardpushed cartpushed doorshovethrusttime pressure
Showing 16 of 17 words.
Collocations
8 entriespushed asidepushed buttonpushed cartpushed chairpushed doorpushed for timepushed into actionpushed limits
Inflections
2 entriesDerivations
7 entriesSample sentences
10 total sentences available.
The musician shook his head and pushed his little piano away.
Source: tatoeba (25392)
I'm not going to be pushed around by you or anyone else.
Source: tatoeba (25520)
The door pushed open.
Source: tatoeba (39053)
Showing 4 of 10 available sentences.