HUSTLE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for HUSTLE?

Need another word that means the same as “hustle”? Find 65 synonyms and 30 related words for “hustle” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Hustle” are: pluck, roll, bustle, bustle about, jostle, push, push roughly, bump, knock, shove, nudge, elbow, shoulder, manhandle, thrust, frogmarch, bulldoze, coerce, force, compel, pressure, pressurize, badger, pester, hound, harass, nag, harry, urge, goad, prod, spur, ado, flurry, fuss, stir, bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, sting, activity, hustle and bustle, commotion, tumult, hubbub, brouhaha, busyness, action, liveliness, animation, movement, life, excitement, agitation, whirl, fraud, swindle, mare's nest

Hustle as a Noun

Definitions of "Hustle" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “hustle” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A state of great activity.
• A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property.
• A rapid active commotion.
• A fraud or swindle.

Synonyms of "Hustle" as a noun (33 Words)

action	An act by a government body or supranational organization. The United Nations must have the power to propose and organize action without being hobbled by irrelevant issues.
activity	A thermodynamic quantity representing the effective concentration of a particular component in a solution or other system equal to its concentration multiplied by an activity coefficient. The only sign of human activity now is the boatload of day trippers from the mainland.
ado	A rapid active commotion. This is much ado about almost nothing.
agitation	A state of agitation or turbulent change or development. She was wringing her hands in agitation.
animation	The condition of living or the state of being alive. Animations as backdrops for live action.
brouhaha	Loud confused noise from many sources. The brouhaha over those infamous commercials.
bunco	A swindle or confidence trick. A bunco artist.
bunco game	A single play of a sport or other contest.
bunko	A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property.
bunko game	Animal hunted for food or sport.
bustle	A framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman’s skirt. All the noise and the traffic and the bustle.
busyness	The state or condition of having a great deal to do. School started and the busyness began.
commotion	The act of making a noisy disturbance. A commotion of people fought for the exits.
con	A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property. A con artist.
con game	A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property.
confidence game	A secret that is confided or entrusted to another.
confidence trick	A trustful relationship.
excitement	Something that arouses a feeling of excitement. His face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled.
flimflam	A confidence trick. Flimflams perpetrated against us by our elected officials.
flurry	A number of things arriving or happening suddenly and during the same period. A flurry of editorials hostile to the government.
fraud	A person who makes deceitful pretenses. He was convicted of fraud.
fuss	A rapid active commotion. He didn t want to make a fuss.
hubbub	A busy, noisy situation. A hubbub of laughter and shouting.
hustle and bustle	A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property.
life	A sentence of imprisonment for life. A teacher will help you settle into school life.
liveliness	The quality of being outgoing, energetic, and enthusiastic. He radiated liveliness and good humour.
mare's nest	A cosy or secluded retreat.
movement	A campaign undertaken by a political social or artistic movement. The free movement of labour.
sting	A wound from a sting. I recalled the sting of his betrayal.
stir	An act of stirring food or drink. The event caused quite a stir.
swindle	A fraudulent scheme or action. He is mixed up in a 10 million insurance swindle.
tumult	The act of making a noisy disturbance. A tumult of shouting and screaming broke out.
whirl	Confused movement. The event was all part of the mad social whirl.

Usage Examples of "Hustle" as a noun

• The hustle and bustle of the big cities.
• The hustles being used to avoid the draft.

Hustle as a Verb

Definitions of "Hustle" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “hustle” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Push roughly; jostle.
• Pressure or urge someone into an action.
• Move or cause to move energetically or busily.
• Sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity.
• Pressure someone into doing something.
• Get by trying hard.
• Obtain illicitly or by forceful action.
• Engage in prostitution.
• Cause to move furtively and hurriedly.
• Sell aggressively.
• Push one's way; bustle.
• Force (someone) to move hurriedly or unceremoniously.

Synonyms of "Hustle" as a verb (32 Words)

badger	Repeatedly ask (someone) to do something; pester. His daughter was always badgering him to let her join.
bulldoze	Flatten with or as if with a bulldozer. She believes that to build status you need to bulldoze everyone else.
bump	In a race gain a bump against. The car bumped along the rutted track.
bustle	Move or cause to move energetically or busily. She bustled us into the kitchen.
bustle about	Move or cause to move energetically or busily.
coerce	To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means. He was coerced into giving evidence.
compel	Necessitate or exact. The water shortage compels conservation.
elbow	Move by pushing past people with one s elbows. One player had elbowed another in the face.
force	Make a way through or into by physical strength break open by force. The back door of the bank was forced.
frogmarch	Force (someone) to walk forward by holding and pinning their arms from behind. The cop frogmarched him down the steep stairs.
goad	Urge with or as if with a goad. He was trying to goad her into a fight.
harass	Annoy continually or chronically. The squadron s task was to harass the retreating enemy forces.
harry	Make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes. The raiders then spent three months harrying and burning the area.
hound	Pursue or chase relentlessly. She was hounded by the Italian press.
jostle	Push, elbow, or bump against (someone) roughly, typically in a crowd. We had to jostle our way to the front of the platform.
knock	Knock against with force or violence. He was hit from behind and knocked off his bike.
manhandle	Move (a heavy object) by hand with great effort. I was manhandled by the police.
nag	Worry persistently. She constantly nags her daughter about getting married.
nudge	Coax or gently encourage (someone) to do something. The canoe nudged a bank of reeds.
pester	Annoy persistently. She constantly pestered him with telephone calls.
pluck	Pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion. She picked up her guitar and plucked it idly.
pressure	To cause to do through pressure or necessity by physical moral or intellectual means. She pressured her son to accept a job offer from the bank.
pressurize	Produce or maintain raised pressure artificially in (a gas or its container. The captain will pressurize the cabin for the passengers comfort.
push	Make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby. She was arrested for pushing hard drugs.
push roughly	Sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs.
roll	Of credits for a film or television programme be displayed as if moving on a roller up the screen. If you don t get drunk you don t get rolled.
shoulder	Make progress by shouldering someone or something out of one s way. The day to day work will be shouldered by an action group.
shove	Put (something) somewhere carelessly or roughly. Woolley shoved past him.
spur	Equip with spurs. The rider spurred his horse.
urge	Recommend (something) strongly. Drawing up outside the house he urged her inside.

Usage Examples of "Hustle" as a verb

• He hustled his company's oil around the country.
• They were hissed and hustled as they went in.
• She would hustle for a few dollars.
• Stockwell hustled into the penalty area.
• She hustled a free lunch from the waiter.
• I was hustled away to a cold cell.
• Don't be hustled into anything unless you really want to.
• Linda hustled money from men she met.
• The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater.

Associations of "Hustle" (30 Words)

bustle	Move or cause to move energetically or busily. She bustled us into the kitchen.
buzz	Call with a buzzer. There is a real buzz about the place.
celerity	Swiftness of movement.
dash	A short, fast race run in one heat; a sprint. I won t tell Stuart I think he d be dashed.
disconcerted	Having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion. Looked at each other dumbly quite disconcerted.
flit	Move swiftly and lightly. Moonlight flits from one insalubrious dwelling to another.
flurry	Move in an agitated or confused manner. There was a flurry of chicken feathers.
fussy	Showing excessive or anxious concern about detail. He is very fussy about what he eats.
haste	A condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry. In his haste to leave he forgot his book.
hasten	Move hurridly. He hastened to refute the assertion.
hastily	With excessive speed or urgency; hurriedly. He hastily changed the subject.
hurdle	Jump over a hurdle or other obstacle while running. The 100 m hurdles.
hurried	Moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste. A hurried trip to the store.
hurriedly	In a hurried or hasty manner. The way they buried him so hurriedly was disgraceful.
hurry	A condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry. Hurry up and finish your meal.
jostle	Make one’s way by jostling, pushing, or shoving. A jumble of images jostled for attention.
overhasty	Done with very great haste and without due deliberation. Hard times are showing up overhasty mergers.
precipitant	A cause or stimulus which precipitates a particular condition. Depression may be a precipitant in many cases.
push	Make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby. She must be pushing forty.
quicken	Show signs of life. Her interest quickened.
rush	Cause to move fast or to rush or race. An ambulance was waiting to rush him to hospital.
rushed	Done under pressure. I m too rushed to do it.
rushing	The action of moving with urgent haste. Responders attempted to shut off the rushing water.
scurry	To move about or proceed hurriedly. The sled disappeared in a scurry of snow.
shove	Make one’s way by pushing someone or something. Woolley shoved past him.
speed	Of a motorist travel at a speed that is greater than the legal limit. The accident was due to excessive speed.
sprint	Run very fast, usually for a short distance. MacFarlane won the 1 500m with a fine sprint finish.
swiftness	A rate (usually rapid) at which something happens. The turtle ran on shore with remarkable swiftness.
urgently	With great urgency. Health care reform is needed urgently.