Antonyms for thrust
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : thruhst |
Phonetic Transcription : θrʌst |
Definition of thrust
Origin :- late 12c., from Old Norse þrysta "to thrust, force," from Proto-Germanic *thrustijanan, perhaps from PIE *trud- "push, press" (see threat), but OED finds this derivation doubtful. The noun is recorded from 1510s; figurative sense of "principal theme, aim, point, purpose" is recorded from 1968.
- noun point of communication
- noun forward movement
- verb push hard
- A broken kitchen knife had been thrust through a bit of the paper on the box.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Viviette followed him, but he turned on her rudely and thrust her back.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- But mark these houses, Alleyne, how they thrust forth upon the top.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- But that choice is not thrust upon us by the nature of things.
- Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
- They found her afterwards by her own hearthstone, thrust through by a Frenchman's bill.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- His head was thrust forward menacingly, and his eyes were savage.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- For very fear of himself, he thrust his hands in the pockets of his Norfolk coat.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- "Because I want to do it myself," she said at last, and thrust the envelope into the flame.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- He won eighty dollars, and thrust it loose in his trousers pocket.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- He thrust it back into his pocket, but his hand retained its grasp of it.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Synonyms for thrust
- advance
- assail
- assault
- attack
- bear down
- blitz
- boost
- buck
- burden
- butt
- chuck
- chunk
- clip
- clout
- core
- crowd
- cut
- dig
- drive
- effect
- elbow
- embed
- fire
- force
- gist
- heave
- hump
- impale
- impel
- impetus
- impulsion
- interject
- jab
- jam
- jostle
- jump
- lob
- lunge
- meaning
- meat
- momentum
- nick
- nudge
- onset
- onslaught
- peg
- pierce
- pitch
- pith
- plunge
- poke
- pour it on
- press
- pressure
- prod
- propel
- propulsion
- punch
- purport
- push
- push forward
- put
- railroad
- ram
- run
- sense
- short
- shove
- sink
- sling
- smack
- stab
- stick
- substance
- toss
- transfix
- upshot
- urge
- whack
- wham
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