rush

1. 1.

   move hurridly

   “He rushed down the hall to receive his guests”

   “The cars raced down the street”

   Synonymshotfoothastenhiespeedracepelt alongrush alongcannonball alongbucket alongbelt alongstep on it

   Antonymslinger

   Broadertravel

   Narrowerbargeteardart
2. 2.

   attack suddenly

   Broaderassail

   Narrowercharge
3. 3.

   urge to an unnatural speed

   “Don't rush me, please!”

   Synonymshurry

   Antonymsdelay

   Broaderurge
4. 4.

   act or move at high speed

   “We have to rush!”

   “hurry--it's late!”

   Synonymshastenhurrylook sharpfestinate

   Broaderact
5. 5.

   run with the ball, in football

   Broaderrun
6. 6.

   cause to move fast or to rush or race

   “The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze”

   Synonymsrace

   Broadermove
7. 7.

   cause to occur rapidly

   “the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions”

   Synonymsinducestimulatehasten

   Broadereffect

1. 1.

   not accepting reservations

   Synonymsfirst-come-first-serve

   Similarunreserved
2. 2.

   done under pressure

   “a rush job”

   Synonymsrushed

   Similarhurried

Other forms of rush

plural

rushes·

past tense

rushed·

present participle

rushing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rush

What does rush mean?

rush means "the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 16 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rush?

rush has 1 syllable: rush. In IPA it is /ˈɹʌʃ/.

What is another word for rush?

Close synonyms include haste, hurry, rushing, spate, surge. 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.

What is the opposite of rush?

The recorded antonyms are linger, delay.

Is rush a common word?

rush is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.