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Synonyms of push in English:
push
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verb
1‘she tried to push him away’
SYNONYMS
shove, thrust, propel, impel
send, press, drive, plunge, stick, force, shoot, ram, bump, knock, strike, hit, jolt, butt, prod, poke, nudge, elbow, shoulder
bulldoze, sweep, jostle, bundle, hustle, hurry, rush, manhandle
ANTONYMS
pull
2‘he tried to push his way into the flat’
SYNONYMS
force, force one's way, shove, thrust, squeeze, jostle, elbow, shoulder
thread, wind, work, inch
3‘he managed to push a silent panic button’
SYNONYMS
press, press down, push down, depress, exert pressure on, bear down on, hold down, squeeze
operate, activate, actuate
4‘don't push her to join in if she doesn't want to’
SYNONYMS
urge, press, pressure, put pressure on, pressurize, force, drive, impel, coerce, nag
lean on, prevail on
dragoon into, steamroller into, browbeat into, use strong-arm tactics on
informal put the heat on, put the screws on, twist someone's arm, railroad into, bulldoze into
5‘the manufacturers of each fuel push their own products’
SYNONYMS
advertise, publicize, promote, give publicity to, bang the drum for, beat the drum for, popularize
sell, market, merchandise
informal plug, give a plug to, hype, hype up, give a puff to, puff, puff up, boost, flog
North American informal ballyhoo, flack, huckster
noun
1‘I felt a push in the back’
SYNONYMS
shove, thrust, ram, bump, knock, hit, jolt, butt, prod, poke, elbow, nudge, shoulder, jostle
2‘the enemy's eastward push had overrun Dutch positions’
SYNONYMS
advance, drive, thrust, charge, attack, assault, onslaught, onrush, offensive, sortie, foray, raid, sally, invasion, incursion, blitz, campaign
archaic onset
Phrases
- push the boat out
‘you could push the boat out and go for the top of the range’
SYNONYMS
be extravagant, go on a spending spree, splash out, splurge, spare no expense, spend lavishly, spend a lot of money
lash out, go mad, go on a shopping binge, indulge in some retail therapy
‘I decided to push on towards the coast’
SYNONYMS
continue one's journey, continue on one's way, carry on, advance, press on, progress, make progress, proceed, go on, make headway, gain ground, push forward, forge ahead, go ahead
resume one's journey, start off again
‘push off, will you—I'm busy’
SYNONYMS
go away, depart, leave, take oneself off, take off, get out, get out of my sight
go, go your way, get going, get moving, be off, take your leave, decamp, absent yourself
be off with you, shoo
informal hit the road, fly, skedaddle, split, vamoose, scat, scram, make yourself scarce, be on your way, run along, beat it, get, get lost, shove off, buzz off, clear off, skip off, pop off, go jump in the lake, go and jump in the lake
on your bike, go and chase yourself
British informal get stuffed, sling your hook, hop it, bog off, naff off
North American informal bug off, light out, haul off, haul ass, take a powder, hit the trail, take a hike
Australian, New Zealand informal rack off, nick off
South African informal voetsak, hamba
vulgar slang piss off, fuck off
British vulgar slang sod off, bugger off
literary begone, avaunt
ANTONYMS
stay, remain
‘at a push, you could use a disk editor to recover files’
SYNONYMS
if necessary, in case of necessity, if need be, if needs must, if forced, if all else fails, in an emergency
‘council chiefs gave him the push for looking too old’
SYNONYMS
throw out, remove, eject, expel, turn out, fling out, force out, drive out, evict, dislodge, oust
dismiss, discharge
informal chuck out, kick out, send packing, boot out, defenestrate, give someone the boot, give someone their marching orders, throw someone out on their ear, show someone the door, sack, fire, give someone the heave-ho, give someone the old heave-ho
British informal turf out
North American informal give someone the bum's rush
‘the trade unions will be likely to push for wage increases’
SYNONYMS
demand, insist on, clamour for, ask for, call for, request, press for, campaign for, work for, lobby for, speak for, drum up support for, sponsor, urge, promote, advocate, recommend, champion, espouse
SYNONYMS
bully, domineer, boss about, boss around, ride roughshod over, trample on, tread on, bulldoze, abuse, mistreat, maltreat, kick about, kick around, browbeat, lean on, tyrannize, intimidate, threaten, torment, terrorize, victimize, pick on
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