rush

Definition of rush

Verbs

move fast

"He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"

Synonyms:: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush along, speed, step on it

Antonyms:: linger
take one's time; proceed slowly; dawdle; show more antonyms...

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; barge, push forward, thrust ahead
push one's way; buck, charge, shoot, shoot down, tear
move quickly and violently; rip
move precipitously or violently; dart, dash, flash, scoot, scud, shoot
run or move very quickly or hastily; plunge
dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity

Type of:: go, locomote, move, travel
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

attack suddenly

Types:: bear down, charge
to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle

Type of:: assail, assault, attack, set on
attack someone physically or emotionally

urge to an unnatural speed

"Don't rush me, please!"

Synonyms:: hurry

Antonyms:: delay
cause to be slowed down or delayed; detain, hold up; show more antonyms...

Type of:: exhort, press, urge, urge on
force or impel in an indicated direction

act or move at high speed

"We have to rush!"

Synonyms:: festinate, hasten, hurry, look sharp

Type of:: act, move
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)

run with the ball, in football

Type of:: run
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

cause to move fast or to rush or race

Synonyms:: race

Type of:: displace, move
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

cause to occur rapidly

Synonyms:: hasten, induce, stimulate

Type of:: effect, effectuate, set up
produce

Nouns

the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

Synonyms:: haste, hurry, rushing

Types:: bolt, dash
the act of moving with great haste; scamper, scramble, scurry
rushing about hastily in an undignified way

Type of:: motion, move, movement
the act of changing location from one place to another

a sudden forceful flow

Synonyms:: spate, surge, upsurge

Types:: debris storm, debris surge
the sudden spread of dust and debris from a collapsing building; onrush
a forceful forward rush or flow

Type of:: flow, flowing
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; Juncus effusus, bullrush, bulrush, common rush, soft rush
tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America; Juncus articulatus, jointed rush
rush of Australia; Juncus bufonius, toad rush
low-growing annual rush of damp low-lying ground; nearly cosmopolitan; Juncus inflexus, hard rush
tall rush of temperate regions; Juncus leseurii, salt rush
rush of the Pacific coast of North America; Juncus tenuis, slender rush
tufted wiry rush of wide distribution

Type of:: bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant
a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath

the swift release of a store of affective force

"he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"

Synonyms:: bang, boot, charge, flush, kick, thrill

Type of:: excitement, exhilaration
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy

a sudden burst of activity

"come back after the rush"

Type of:: burst, flare-up, outburst
a sudden intense happening

(American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line

"the linebackers were ready to stop a rush"

Synonyms:: rushing

Type of:: run, running, running game, running play
(American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team

Adjectives

not accepting reservations

Synonyms:: first-come-first-serve; unreserved
not reserved

done under pressure

"a rush job"

Synonyms:: rushed; hurried
moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste

Vocabulary Lists for rush

fine
shine
flowing
slick
sleek

American football
ball carrier
blitz
completion
downfield

Hale
German ivy
matt
sleigh
flats

scarecrow
woodman
tip
bug
emerald

piglet
wizard
Eureka
sawhorse
gargoyle

shrewd
astute
sharp
sagacious
perspicacious

abnormal
abstinence
accessible
accuracy
ache

snit
destine
iridescent
pull back
unanswered

rash
such
chip
much
shot

Other Spellings