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as in shoving
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as in squeezing
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- as in squeezing
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pushing
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adjective
Definition of pushing
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as in aspiring
having a strong desire for personal advancement
among the young associates at the law firm, he was unmistakably the most pushing
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aspiring
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ambitious
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driving
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hustling
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determined
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motivated
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hard—driving
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eager
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energetic
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diligent
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dynamic
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competing
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go—getting
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hungry
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ardent
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aggressive
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self—seeking
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venturesome
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enterprising
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animated
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impassioned
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lively
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spirited
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raring
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industrious
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pushy
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competitive
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avid
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scrappy
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vigorous
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gung ho
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rival
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venturous
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assertive
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opportunistic
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keen
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pretentious
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overambitious
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high—flying
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self—assertive
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rivalrous
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indifferent
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uninterested
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disinterested
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unambitious
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apathetic
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casual
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lackadaisical
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uneager
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sluggish
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tepid
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lukewarm
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lazy
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unexcited
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halfhearted
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easygoing
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unenthusiastic
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ambitionless
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lethargic
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listless
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shiftless
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lazyish
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unaggressive
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spiritless
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unassertive
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indifferent
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uninterested
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disinterested
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unambitious
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apathetic
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casual
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lackadaisical
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uneager
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sluggish
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tepid
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lukewarm
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lazy
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unexcited
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halfhearted
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easygoing
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unenthusiastic
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ambitionless
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lethargic
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listless
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shiftless
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lazyish
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unaggressive
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spiritless
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as in busy
thrusting oneself where one is not welcome or invited
the sort of sycophantic, pushing man on the make that everyone loves to hate
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busy
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intruding
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interfering
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prying
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meddling
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pushy
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annoying
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presuming
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intrusive
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invading
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trespassing
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meddlesome
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officious
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obtrusive
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protrusive
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snoopy
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nosy
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rude
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presumptuous
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nosey
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harassing
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brazen
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curious
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impudent
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bumptious
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insolent
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bold
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inquisitive
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impertinent
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overbearing
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superserviceable
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pestiferous
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unobtrusive
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withdrawn
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retiring
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inhibited
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silent
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restrained
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quiet
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reserved
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reticent
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uninvolved
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hands—off
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reclusive
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subdued
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withdrawn
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retiring
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inhibited
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silent
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restrained
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quiet
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pushing
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verb
present participle of push
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as in shoving
to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one
I had to push my damaged bike all the way home
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shoving
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driving
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thrusting
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propelling
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moving
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squeezing
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forcing
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jamming
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pressuring
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compressing
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squashing
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impelling
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muscling
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ramming
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bulldozing
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compelling
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depressing
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bearing (down)
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weighing (upon)
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leaning (on or against)
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as in squeezing
to force one’s way
we had to push our way through a crowd that was mostly headed in the opposite direction
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squeezing
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shoving
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pressing
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jamming
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jostling
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crashing
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elbowing
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thrusting
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muscling
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shouldering
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bulldozing
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boring
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bulling
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ramming
Thesaurus Entries Near pushing
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pushing
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Pronunciation:
[ pˈʊʃɪŋ], [ pˈʊʃɪŋ], [ p_ˈʊ_ʃ_ɪ_ŋ]
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adj.
• active (adjective)
- in process,
- lively,
- quickest,
- hyper,
- on the move,
- perky,
- at work,
- Exertive,
- going,
- forcible,
- in play,
- quick,
- running,
- hard-working,
- operating,
- walking,
- fireball,
- swarming,
- shifting,
- in force.
• aggravating (adjective)
- provocative.
• aggressive (adjective)
- shooting from the hip,
- intrusive,
- get up and go,
- Assertory,
- study at aggressive,
- strenuous,
- flip,
- go after,
- nervy,
- Presuming,
- hard sell,
- flipper,
- smart alecky.
• ambitious (adjective)
- power-loving,
- thirsty,
- goal-oriented,
- come on strong,
- bent upon,
- ball of fire,
- High-reaching,
- hard ball,
- inspired,
- self-starting,
- go getter.
• autocratic (adjective)
- allpowerful,
- most all-powerful,
- more all-powerful,
- more czarlike,
- most allpowerful,
- more allpowerful,
- most all powerful,
- more all powerful,
- most czarlike.
• brash (adjective)
- up-pity,
- selfasserting,
- more self asserting,
- reckless,
- most self-asserting,
- in-considerate,
- headlong,
- most selfasserting,
- pre sumptuous,
- illadvised,
- self asserting,
- in-discreet,
- in-cautious,
- most precipitate,
- insolent,
- pre-sumptuous,
- up pity,
- in-solent,
- un-diplomatic,
- in considerate,
- in solent,
- in discreet,
- in cautious,
- un-tactful,
- head long,
- more self-asserting,
- head-long,
- self-assertive,
- self assertive,
- selfassertive,
- un tactful,
- un diplomatic,
- more selfasserting,
- ill advised,
- most self asserting.
• enterprising (adjective)
- goahead,
- more take over,
- more yearning,
- more advancing,
- take-over,
- more itching,
- most yearning,
- most craving,
- most go go,
- more go-go,
- more take-over,
- up and coming,
- coming strong,
- more lusting,
- more gogo,
- GOGO,
- more go go,
- most itching,
- up-and-coming,
- more craving,
- most lusting,
- most takeover,
- most advancing,
- most take-over,
- most take over,
- more gumptious,
- most go-go,
- most gogo,
- most gumptious,
- go go,
- more takeover.
• featuring (adjective)
- most recommending,
- re-commending,
- head-lining,
- pro moting,
- re commending,
- most presenting,
- more headlining,
- dis playing,
- head lining,
- most highlighting,
- pro-moting,
- more displaying,
- most starring,
- most displaying,
- more presenting,
- more recommending,
- more showing,
- most headlining,
- more promoting,
- dis-playing,
- turning spotlight on,
- more starring,
- Presenting,
- most showing,
- most promoting,
- more highlighting.
• forward (adjective)
- over-assertive,
- bare faced,
- over weening,
- most overassertive,
- over assertive,
- more bare-faced,
- overweening,
- most bare-faced,
- more bare faced,
- more overassertive,
- over-weening,
- most bare faced,
- smartalecky.
• going (adjective)
- rustest.
• motivational (adjective)
- slinging,
- goading,
- impelling,
- firing,
- driving,
- propelling,
- prodding,
- launching.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)
- ambitious,
- pushy,
- take over,
- autocratic,
- ruster,
- pugnacious,
- overassertive,
- headlining,
- go-go,
- forward,
- self-asserting,
- giving center stage to,
- aggressive,
- pushful,
- gumptious,
- active,
- enterprising,
- pointing up,
- motivational,
- brash,
- turning the spotlight on,
- czarlike,
- featuring,
- coming on strong,
- bare-faced,
- highlighting,
- calling attention to,
- drawing attention to,
- making much of,
- all-powerful,
- starring.
• provocative (adjective)
- inspirational,
- galling.
• pugnacious (adjective)
- itching to fight,
- have bone to pick,
- hottempered,
- have a bone to pick,
- ready to fight.
• pushy (adjective)
- most pushful,
- more pushful.
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n.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- press-agentry,
- promotion,
- squibs,
- PROMO,
- promos,
- propulsion,
- actuation,
- PRS,
- propaganda,
- publicity,
- advertising,
- squib,
- pushings.
• promotion (noun)
- press agentries,
- pro motions,
- press-agentries,
- pressagentry,
- pro-motion,
- pressagentries,
- pro motion,
- press agentry,
- pro-motions.
• propulsion (noun)
- drive,
- impulsion,
- thrust,
- compulsion.
• publicity (noun)
- writeup,
- commercials,
- ink,
- write up,
- inks,
- build-up,
- public notice,
- billings,
- build-ups,
- big noise.
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v.
• compelling (verb)
- pressuring,
- Fomenting,
- motivating,
- Coercing,
- daunting,
- stressing,
- sparking,
- nagging,
- bullying,
- stimulating,
- causing,
- galvanizing,
- obliging,
- Bulldozing,
- Dragooning,
- Inciting,
- pressing,
- hijacking,
- mandating,
- intimidating,
- Dictating,
- Browbeating.
• hastening (verb)
- Flurrying,
- Expediting,
- Hustling,
- rushing,
- accelerating,
- speeding,
- hurrying,
- quickening,
- bustling,
- spurring,
- urging,
- hastening.
• motivating (verb)
- Punching,
- enticing,
- prompting,
- inducing,
- jerking,
- provoking,
- knocking,
- hurtling,
- jogging,
- Bumping,
- shooting,
- striking,
- jolting,
- moving,
- Nudging,
- poking,
- jostling,
- fermenting,
- Instigating,
- inspiring,
- encouraging,
- energizing,
- Forcing,
- Magnetizing,
- triggering.
• propelling (verb)
- catapulting,
- Ramming,
- Flicking,
- Throwing,
- pelting,
- tossing,
- precipitating,
- Canting,
- bunting,
- Lobbing,
- heaving,
- projecting,
- pitching,
- Shoving,
- compelling,
- Butting,
- chucking,
- casting,
- Shunting,
- hurling,
- thrusting,
- Flinging,
- bowling.
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Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words (noun):
- upgrading,
- jarring,
- Endorsing,
- dislodge,
- press,
- exalt,
- butt,
- energy,
- straining,
- send forth,
- propellant,
- defunct,
- crowd,
- wheeling,
- yield,
- hard-driving,
- button,
- Boosting,
- meddlesome,
- Furthering,
- exanimate,
- motive power,
- departed,
- aspiring,
- displace,
- labouring,
- Scrambling,
- cheeky,
- no more,
- adventurous,
- weightlifting,
- discharge,
- labor,
- shove,
- Placing,
- banging,
- admonish,
- bumptious,
- assertive,
- dignify,
- arrogant,
- advertize,
- shocking,
- cocky,
- busy,
- animation,
- publicising,
- attacking,
- Pulsive,
- dismiss,
- crushing,
- elbow,
- campaigning,
- feverish,
- precipitate,
- jolt,
- vexing,
- offensive,
- touching,
- motoring,
- rolling,
- push over,
- disturb,
- spirit,
- Demised,
- Adjuring,
- preserving,
- buffeting,
- hotheaded,
- Joggling,
- help along,
- disturbing,
- late,
- bear down,
- deceased,
- conjuring,
- belligerent,
- Referring,
- gone,
- crowding,
- meddling,
- push,
- forceful,
- toiling,
- dash,
- develop,
- impertinent,
- dashing,
- presumptuous,
- inquisitive,
- Charging,
- militant,
- jabbing,
- loud,
- Attempting,
- motive,
- passing,
- Persuading,
- extinct,
- advertizing,
- venturesome,
- push on,
- venturous,
- Thronging,
- obnoxious,
- Moiling,
- Aiming,
- publicizing,
- officious,
- Impacting,
- constricting,
- turning,
- dead,
- jab,
- dynamic,
- Compacting,
- affecting,
- packing,
- enhance,
- impetuous,
- remove,
- force,
- push button,
- fussy,
- Touting,
- campaign,
- cursory,
- pulling,
- Squashing,
- nosy,
- assist,
- constraining,
- plug,
- Plugging,
- Obtruding,
- Crusading,
- hurried,
- agitate,
- stir,
- lifeless,
- Discharging,
- obtrusive,
- Toting,
- busybody,
- dislocate,
- push off,
- Elevating,
- jamming,
- Fagging,
- Buttoning,
- agitating,
- brusque,
- Commoving,
- Bothering,
- released,
- dead and gone,
- bunt,
- brassy,
- laboring,
- hustle,
- exciting,
- Pertaining,
- opposing,
- hasty,
- encourage,
- advertise,
- Entreating,
- promote,
- prying,
- stabbing,
- herding,
- Promoting,
- exhort,
- boisterous,
- propulsive,
- inanimate,
- furious,
- adventuresome,
- uppish,
- uppity,
- Tugging,
- bold,
- advancing,
- squeezing,
- elbowing,
- depression,
- Propulsory,
- compressing,
- push up,
- brazen,
- defending,
- impel,
- Assaulting,
- snoopy,
- contracting,
- advise,
- rush,
- driving force,
- Overofficious,
- continuing,
- shake,
- concerning,
- drive on,
- Pinching,
- go ahead,
- life,
- Budging,
- get-up-and-go,
- Lugging,
- drudging,
- elevate,
- help,
- self-appointed,
- Haling,
- Relating,
- Exhorting,
- showy,
- prefer.
How to use «Pushing» in context?
Pushing is often seen as a dirty and dangerous job, but there is a lot of heart and love in it. It is important to remember that behind every push is someone who is very tired, who has worked all day, and is ready for a break. Pushchairs and buggies can be heavy and awkward, and it’s important to bear in mind that the person pushing them is also tired.
Pushes can be a lot of fun, especially if someone is in a good mood. One of the best things about pushes is that they can be really social events.
Paraphrases for Pushing:
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Reverse Entailment
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Verb, past tense
Boosted.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
squeezing, Boosting, Shoving.
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Verb, past tense
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Independent
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Verb, past tense
drove, forced, led, made, paid, provoked, thrust, Argued, Incited, Pleaded, Urged, Prompted, Spurred.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
accelerating, acting, activating, actively, advance, advancing, affecting, approaching, arguing, arriving, asking, asserting, assigning, beating, becoming, being, blowing, boarding, bring, bringing, building, calling, campaigning, causing, challenging, click, climbing, closing, coming, compelling, conducting, continuing, contributing, conveying, convincing, dealing, deepening, defending, demanding, directing, dragging, drawing, drive, driving, dropping, dwelling, eating, enabling, encourage, encouraging, engaging, entering, exceeding, expanding, exporting, falling, fighting, fixing, flowing, focusing, focussing, force, forging, fueling, getting, giving, going, gratifying, growing, happening, heartening, helping, highlighting, hitting, holding, imposing, inducing, insisting, installing, integrating, inviting, issuing, launching, laying, leading, leaving, letting, leveraging, limit, limiting, locating, looking, making, marching, marketing, motivating, mount, moving, obliging, operating, passing, paving, paying, peddling, persisting, place, playing, pointing, posing, posting, practically, practicing, preaching, press, pressing, pretending, proceeding, promising, prompting, pulling, pursuing, putting, quickening, raising, ranging, reaching, reducing, releasing, rendering, repelling, resulting, riding, rising, running, seeking, selling, setting, settling, shifting, sliding, snapping, spearhead, speeding, spreading, starting, stimulating, strengthening, striving, struggling, support, supporting, surpassing, switching, taking, taxing, tending, thriving, thrusting, touching, trailing, trying, turning, undertaking, urging, virtually, wait, walking, wearing, will, working, Addressing, Advocating, Affirming, Aiding, Aiming, Allowing, Amounting, Applying, Assisting, Attaining, Attempting, Attracting, Bridging, Carrying, Championing, Charging, Chasing, Choosing, Clicking, Deferring, Delaying, Deploying, Depriving, Discussing, Displacing, Doing, Earmarking, Embarking, Enforcing, Enhancing, Expediting, Extending, Extricating, Facilitating, Fielding, Fomenting, Forcing, Forming, Furthering, Gaining, Generating, Harping, Impacting, Incorporating, Influencing, Initiating, Inserting, Intending, Introducing, Involving, Lifting, Maintaining, Managing, Mobilizing, Nearing, Nurturing, Obtaining, Occurring, Oppressing, Organizing, Outstripping, Overcoming, Overseeing, Overshooting, Placing, Realizing, Recommending, Rectifying, Reiterating, Rejecting, Remitting, Removing, Requiring, Resuming, Scrambling, Securing, Tabling, Transferring, Transforming, Translating, Treating, Undergoing, Waging, Consolidating, Converting, Postponing, Preparing, Prescribing, Presenting, Procuring, Progressing, Promoting, Proposing, Prosecuting, Stepping, Surmounting, Sustaining, Mainstreaming, encourages, benefiting, upholding, urges, stressing, underlining, sparking, relocating, pressuring, implementing, allocating, commercializing, catalyzing, underscoring, fuelling, sponsoring, spearheading, interfacing, reactivating, Favouring, Practising, despatching, emphasising, endeavouring, mobilising, relaunching, catalysing, torquing, pressurising, incentivising, bypressing.
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Verb, past tense
Propelled.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
depressing, driver, emphasizing, fostering, galvanizing, prodding, propelling, rushing, shooting, spurring, tightening, Bolstering, Coercing, Inciting, Lobbying, Persuading, Pinching, reinforcing, powering, triggering, pressurizing.
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Translations: the word in the other languages
- Afrikaans: stoot
- Amharic: ይታያል
- Arabic: دفع
- Azerbaijani: basmaqla
- Bashkir: вожатый
- Belarusian: штурхаюць
- Bulgarian: бутам
- Bengali: ঠেলে
- Bosnian: guraju
- Catalan: empenyent
- Cebuano: pagduso sa
- Czech: tlačí
- Welsh: gwthio
- Danish: skubbe
- German: drücken
- Greek: πιέζει
- Esperanto: # pu? i
- Spanish: empujando
- Estonian: surudes
- Basque: bultzaka
- Persian: هل دادن
- Finnish: työntää
- French: en poussant
- Irish: brú
- Scottish Gaelic: pushing
- Galician: empurrando
- Gujarati: દબાણ
- Hebrew: דוחף
- Hindi: धक्का
- Croatian: pritom
- Haitian: pouse
- Hungarian: nyomja
- Armenian: հրում
- Indonesian: mendorong
- Icelandic: þrýsta
- Italian: spingendo
- Japanese: 押し
- Javanese: meksa nindakake perkara
- Georgian: ზრდის
- Kazakh: итеріп
- Khmer: ជំរុញឱ្យ
- Kannada: ತಳ್ಳುವುದು
- Korean: 추진
- Kyrgyz: бизнести
- Latin: strenuo
- Luxembourgish: drécken
- Lao: ການຊຸກຍູ້
- Lithuanian: stumti
- Latvian: spiežot
- Malagasy: nanosika
- Mari: шукат
- Maori: e aki ana
- Macedonian: притисок
- Malayalam: പ്രേരിപ്പിക്കുന്നതിന്
- Mongolian: тулж
- Marathi: खटपटी
- Hill Mari: шӹкен
- Malay: menolak
- Maltese: timbotta
- Burmese: တွန်း
- Nepali: धक्का
- Dutch: duwen
- Norwegian: skyve
- Punjabi: ਧੱਕਾ
- Papiamento: empujando
- Polish: pchają
- Portuguese: empurrando
- Romanian: împingând
- Russian: толкают
- Sinhalese: තල්ලු
- Slovak: tlačenie
- Slovenian: potiskanje
- Albanian: i shtyrë
- Serbian: гурају
- Sundanese: ngadorong
- Swedish: trycka
- Swahili: kusukuma
- Tamil: தள்ளும்
- Telugu: మోపడం
- Tajik: тела
- Thai: ผลักไส
- Tagalog: itulak
- Turkish: iterek
- Tatar: толкают
- Udmurt: донгаськись
- Ukrainian: штовхають
- Urdu: دھکا
- Uzbek: itarib
- Vietnamese: đẩy
- Xhosa: pushing
- Yiddish: פּושינג
- Chinese: 推
Synonyms, close and similar words for pushing
- pressing