push aside

1. 1.

   push out of the way

   Synonymspush away

   Broaderpush
2. 2.

   bar from attention or consideration

   “She dismissed his advances”

   Synonymsdismissdisregardbrush asidebrush offdiscountignore

   Broaderreject

   Narrowerslightdiscreditshrug offpass offscoffturn a blind eyelaugh offdisoblige

Questions about push aside

What does push aside mean?

push aside means "push out of the way". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for push aside?

Close synonyms include push away, dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is push aside a common word?

push aside is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.