Antonyms for rush

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : ruhsh

Phonetic Transcription : rʌʃ

Definition of rush

Origin : mid-14c. (implied in rushing), "to drive back or down," from Anglo-French russher, from Old French ruser "to dodge, repel" (see ruse). Meaning "to do something quickly" is from 1650s; transitive sense of "to hurry up (someone or something)" is from 1850. U.S. Football sense originally was in rugby (1857).
Fraternity/sorority sense is from 1896 (originally it was what the fraternity did to the student); from 1899 as a noun in this sense. Earlier it was a name on U.S. campuses for various tests of strength or athletic skill between freshmen and sophomores as classes (1860).

noun hurry, speed
noun attack
verb hurry, speed
verb charge, attack

Example sentences :

She had feared he might rush his proposal through that night; he had been so much in earnest.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

There was a rush and faint roar of the flame up the chimney as the cardboard burned.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

You'd go out, when I was sound asleep, and tell them when they could rush me.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

From morning until night, rush'd down the clanking guillotine.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

Once there was a waver in the line, such as precedes a rush.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

A rush of new strength and courage went from heart to brain.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

A rush of joy thrilled through George as he heard the words.
Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder

His faith in himself was coming back—not strongly, with a rush, but with all humility.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

I am sick in my soul of narrow apartments and wheels and the rush and roar of the city.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

One felt tempted to brace oneself for the rush that was to come.
Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

Synonyms for rush

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