Rush

//ɹʌʃ//

Synonyms for "rush" (545 found)

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Closest matches (109)

Noun(4 words)

bang haste race a continental a curse a damn a darn a hoot accelerate address ado advance affluence afflux affluxion aftergrass aggravated assault aggression air speed amphibious attack

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Verb(10 words)

hasten hie hurry speed beat belt along bucket along bustle cannonball along cheese

Strong matches (164)

dead run dead set at debouchment defluxion demand demand for descending descent descent on dispatch dissiliency diversion diversionary attack dogtrot double time double-time downflow downpour downward motion draft

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drain draught draughtsman draughty drift driftage drive drive on drop in the bucket duty ebb ebbing emergency eructation eruption exaction excitement exigent expedite expedition extortion extortionate demand falderal farce farinaceous plant farthing fastness feather ferment festinate fig first come first serve flank attack flank speed flare up flare-up flash flat-out speed fleabite fleet flight fling flit flood flow flow back flow in flow out flowing fluency flurry flush flutter flux fly fly at fog folderol font forage grass forced draft forward forward motion forwardness fount fountain fribble frippery frontal attack full gallop fuss gallop gas attack gaud get cracking get going get moving gewgaw geyser gimcrack glow go off half-cocked grain graminaceous plant grass ground speed gun gush hair halfpenny hand gallop harum-scarum hasten hasten on hastiness head-on attack headlong rush heavy demand heavy right foot helter skelter helter-skelter hie hie on high lope high-priority highball hill of beans hoot hump hump it hurriedness hurry hurry about hurry along hurry on hurry scurry hurry through hurry up hurry-scurry hurtle hustle hustle up imposition impost impulse impulsiveness indent induce infiltration

Verb(11 words)

festinate fly get a move on haul haul ass haul one's ashes hotfoot hump it hurtle hustle induce

Adjective(1 words)

first-come-first-serve

Noun(3 words)

haste hurry hustlement

Related words (272)

inflow insistent demand instantaneousness issue jest jet jog trot joke jollies jump jump off kick kickshaw knickknack knickknackery knot knots lash lawn grass leap

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levy lift lightning attack lightning speed lightning war lope lose no time lunge make make a fuss make haste mass attack maximum speed megadeath miles per hour mill run millrace minikin mockery molehill mounting move move quickly mugging nip nonnegotiable demand notice oats oblique motion offense offensive ongoing onrush onset onslaught onward course open throttle order ornamental grass outbreak outburst outflow overhastiness overkill panzer warfare passage pell-mell pelt peppercorn picayune pin pinch of snuff pinprick plunge plunging post pother pour precipitance precipitancy precipitate precipitateness precipitation precociousness precocity prematureness prematurity press press on pressure progress promptitude promptness push push on push through quicken quickness quiver radial motion railroad railroad through random motion rap rapidity rapids red cent reed reflowing refluence reflux regression regurgitate requirement requisition retrogression rising round pace row of pins rpm run run against run at rush about rush along rush around rush at rush of emotion rush order rush through rushed sally scamper scoot scour scramble scud scurry scuttle send sensation set shake a leg shit shiver shock tactics shoot shudder sideward motion sinking skedaddle slosh smoke snap snappiness sneeshing soaring sortie sou spate speed speed along speed up speediness spew spit spout spouter spray sprint spritz spur spurt spurtle squirt stampede step on it sternway storm straw streak stream strike subsiding surge surge back surge of emotion swift rate swiftness swoop tax taxing tear tear around thrill tide tilt tilt at tingle tingling titillation to-do torrent toy traject trajet tremor tremor of excitement trend tribute trifle trinket triviality trot tuppence turbulence turmoil two cents twopence ultimatum undercurrent undertow unprovoked assault untimeliness upward motion urge urgent velocity volcan volcano warning water flow wheat whim wham whim-wham whip whip along whiz whiz about wide-open speed

Noun(9 words)

juncus kick rushing spate surge thrill upsurge wave zerg

Verb(22 words)

look sharp make haste make tracks move it pelt along race rattle one's hocks rush along scramble scream shift skedaddle step on it stimulate swap tear ass tear-ass thrust vamoose zerg

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Adjective(1 words)

rushed

Related word relations

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

12 relation types

More general

35 entries

act assail assault attack bog plant burst displace effect effectuate excitement exhilaration exhort flare-up flow flowing go

Showing 16 of 35 words.

More specific

9 entries

blitz bomb it cane cane it hoon hoon it race scurry vamoose

Antonyms

18 entries

calm calm slowly dawdle delay down go go slow go slowly leisure linger slow slow down slowly take

Showing 16 of 18 words.

Synonyms

7 entries

bang benjamin rush first come first serve haste induce race rushed

Related terms

5 entries

quickly reckless rushes speed up speedy

derived

77 entries

Baltic rush Dutch rush Rush Center Rush County Rush River RushTok adrenaline rush backrush basket rush bogrush boss rush bum rush bum's rush bum-rush club rush clubrush

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etymologically related_to

3 entries

hurry rouse ruse

has context

10 entries

american football college slang computing contact sports croquet football military slang us video games

is a

4 entries

flow marsh plant outburst run

manner of

5 entries

act assail run travel urge

related to

160 entries

about act action adrenaline ahead along attack band basket being being late big big hurry blitz block brief

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similar

2 entries

hurried unreserved

Translations

270 translations across 61 languages.

Albanian

4 entries

kashër noun (plant)
nxitim noun (haste)
rrebesh noun (rapid, noisy flow)
turr noun (sudden forward motion)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

σπουδή noun (haste)
σχοῖνος noun (plant)
ἐρωή noun (sudden forward motion)
ῥιπή noun (sudden forward motion)

Arabic

4 entries

سَمَار noun (plant)
أَسْرَعَ verb (to hurry)
استعجل verb (to hurry)
استعجل verb (to hurry)

Armenian

1 entries

սլանալ noun (haste)

Breton

1 entries

broenn noun (plant)

Bulgarian

4 entries

бързане noun (haste)
втурване noun (sudden forward motion)
камъш noun (plant)
тръстика noun (plant)

Catalan

1 entries

jonc noun (plant)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

灯芯草 noun (plant)
猛冲 noun (sudden forward motion)
急速做 verb (to hurry)
急速去 verb (to hurry)

Classical Nahuatl

1 entries

tolin noun (plant)

Cornish

2 entries

bronn noun (plant)
bronnen noun (plant)

Czech

1 entries

spěch noun (haste)

Danish

1 entries

siv noun (plant)

Dutch

2 entries

rus noun (plant)
afraffelen verb (to hurry)

Egyptian

1 entries

H-Hn:n-i-Hn noun (plant)

Esperanto

3 entries

junko noun (plant)
impeti verb (to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily)
torenti verb (to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily)

Finnish

4 entries

estäminen noun (contact sports: act of running at another player to block or disrupt play)
huuma noun (pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant)
huumaus noun (pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant)
kiire noun (haste)

French

4 entries

hâte noun (haste)
jonc noun (plant)
se dépêcher verb (to hurry)
se hâter verb (to hurry)

Galician

1 entries

xunco noun (plant)

German

4 entries

Binse noun (plant)
Eile noun (haste)
Hast noun (haste)
Rausch noun (pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant)

Gheg Albanian

1 entries

ngutje noun (haste)

Greek

1 entries

βούρλο noun (plant)

Hungarian

4 entries

hajszol verb (to cause to move or act with unusual haste)
kapkod verb (to hurry)
rohan verb (to hurry)
siet verb (to hurry)

Icelandic

1 entries

flýta verb (to hurry)

Ingrian

1 entries

hypätä verb (to hurry)

Irish

4 entries

feag noun (plant)
fiastalach noun (plant)
luachair noun (plant)
ruathar noun (sudden forward motion)

Italian

4 entries

fretta noun (haste)
giunco noun (plant)
midollino noun (stem of that plant)
affrettarsi verb (to hurry)

Japanese

3 entries

イグサ noun (plant)
急ぐ verb (to hurry)
駆け付ける verb (to hurry)

Korean

1 entries

골풀 noun (plant)

Latgalian

2 entries

skubynuotīs verb (to hurry)
strāpuot verb (to hurry)

Latin

4 entries

iuncus noun (plant)
adaestuō verb (to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily)
festīnō verb (to hurry)
vado verb (to hurry)

Latvian

1 entries

steigties verb (to hurry)

Low German

2 entries

Bees noun (plant)
Rüüsch noun (plant)

Mongolian

1 entries

хулс noun (plant)

Māori

4 entries

auraki noun (haste)
kuta noun (plant)
kutakuta noun (plant)
kōpūngāwhā noun (plant)

Navajo

1 entries

tłʼohtsʼózí noun (plant)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

rush noun (surge — see also surge)
siv noun (plant)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries

rush noun (surge — see also surge)
sev noun (plant)
siv noun (plant)

Occitan

1 entries

jonc noun (plant)

Old English

1 entries

ætspringan verb (to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

صاز noun (plant)
عجله noun (haste)
قوشی noun (sudden forward motion)

Plautdietsch

2 entries

Bos noun (haste)
Eil noun (haste)

Polish

4 entries

pośpiech noun (haste)
sit noun (plant)
biec verb (to hurry)
biec verb (to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily)

Portuguese

3 entries

junco noun (plant)
pressa noun (haste)
apressar-se verb (to hurry)

Romanian

2 entries

papură noun (plant)
pipirig noun (plant)

Russian

4 entries

ажиота́ж noun (haste)
бросо́к noun (sudden forward motion)
го́нка noun (haste)
камыш noun (plant)

Sanskrit

1 entries

पापतीति verb (to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

cabhag noun (haste)
deann noun (haste)
dian-ruith noun (sudden forward motion)
dian-ruith noun (surge — see also surge)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

sȋt noun (plant)
си̑т noun (plant)

Sicilian

1 entries

juncu noun (plant)

Slovak

4 entries

chvat noun (haste)
nával noun (surge — see also surge)
ponáhľanie noun (haste)
sitina noun (plant)

Slovene

1 entries

ločje noun (plant)

Spanish

4 entries

acometida noun (sudden forward motion)
juncácea noun (plant)
prisa noun (haste)
subidón noun (pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant)

Swedish

1 entries

säv noun (plant)

Tagalog

4 entries

kamotpusa noun (haste)
pagmamadali noun (sudden forward motion)
pagmamadali noun (surge — see also surge)
pagmamadali noun (haste)

Turkish

4 entries

aldıraşlık noun (haste)
telaş noun (haste)
acele etmek verb (to hurry)
aşıkmak verb (to hurry)

Ukrainian

4 entries

ажіота́ж noun (haste)
гони́тва noun (haste)
кидо́к noun (sudden forward motion)
на́тиск noun (rapid, noisy flow)

Unami

1 entries

anakànàskw noun (plant)

Walloon

3 entries

cladjot noun (plant)
djonkea noun (plant)
fistou noun (stem of that plant)

Welsh

1 entries

brwynen noun (plant)

Yiddish

1 entries

קאַמיש noun (plant)

Yámana

1 entries

mápi noun (plant)

Sample sentences

38 total sentences available.

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Women who, at first glance, appear to be completely ordinary also don't seem to be in that much of a rush to get married.

Source: tatoeba (27823)

During the rush hours we find it difficult to get a taxi around here.

Source: tatoeba (29737)

There ought to be more buses during the rush hours.

Source: tatoeba (29738)

Going to school during the rush hour is tiring and unpleasant.

Source: tatoeba (29740)

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