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The synonyms of “Push” are: bear on, press, force, drive, labor, labour, tug, advertise, advertize, promote, crowd, agitate, campaign, crusade, fight, shove, thrust, propel, impel, press down, push down, depress, exert pressure on, bear down on, hold down, squeeze, force one's way, jostle, elbow, shoulder, strive, struggle, endeavour, work, try hard, make every effort, do one's best, do one's utmost, do all one can, give one's all, give it one's all, give something one's all, go all out, be at pains, put oneself out, apply oneself, exert oneself, round about, of the order of, something like, give or take, give or take a few, thrusting, forward, full of oneself, publicize, give publicity to, bang the drum for, beat the drum for, popularize, sell, put on sale, put up for sale, offer for sale, vend, retail, trade in, deal in, traffic in, peddle, hawk, pushing, button, push button, energy, get-up-and-go, ram, bump, knock, hit, jolt, butt, prod, poke, nudge, striving, effort, exertion, toiling, pains, advance, charge, attack, assault, onslaught, onrush, offensive, sortie, foray, raid, sally, invasion, incursion, blitz, initiative, enterprise, enthusiasm, eagerness, ambition, motivation, go, dynamism, gusto, vigour, vitality, verve, fire, fervour
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “push” as a noun can have the following definitions:
advance | A development or improvement. The rebels advance on Madrid was well under way. |
ambition | A strong drive for success. Young men and women with ambition. |
assault | Close fighting during the culmination of a military attack. A winter assault on Mt Everest. |
attack | The act of attacking. His plan of attack was misguided. |
blitz | Defensive players try to break through the offensive line. Katrina and I had a blitz on the cleaning. |
bump | Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings. There was a bump in the number of outbound flights. |
button | A round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes. Chocolate buttons. |
campaign | A set of organized actions that a political candidate undertakes in an attempt to win an election. An advertising campaign. |
charge | The price charged for some article or service. I get a real charge out of working hard. |
drive | Hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver. Insert the disk into drive A. |
dynamism | Active strength of body or mind. He was known for his dynamism and strong views. |
eagerness | A positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something. They showed no eagerness to spread the gospel. |
effort | A notable achievement. Made an effort to cover all the reading material. |
elbow | The joint of a mammal or bird that corresponds to the human elbow. A cross fitting with elbows and straight pipework. |
endeavour | Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something. An endeavour to reduce serious injury. |
energy | A degree or level of energy possessed by something or required by a process. A collision in which no energy is transferred. |
enterprise | An organization created for business ventures. A state owned enterprise. |
enthusiasm | Something that arouses enthusiasm. Few expressed enthusiasm about the current leaders. |
exertion | Physical or mental effort. The exertion of authority. |
fervour | Feelings of great warmth and intensity. He talked with all the fervour of a new convert. |
fire | A fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning. Fire was one of our ancestors first discoveries. |
foray | An initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence. My first foray into journalism. |
get-up-and-go | Enterprising or ambitious drive. |
go | Vigorous activity. I had a go on Nigel s racing bike. |
gusto | Vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment. Hawkins tucked into his breakfast with gusto. |
hit | A brief event in which two or more bodies come together. He came all the way around on Williams hit. |
incursion | An attack that penetrates into enemy territory. Incursions into enemy territory. |
initiative | The power or opportunity to act or take charge before others do. Use your initiative imagination and common sense. |
invasion | (pathology) the spread of pathogenic microorganisms or malignant cells to new sites in the body. The tumor s invasion of surrounding structures. |
jolt | An abrupt spasmodic movement. The door closed with a jolt. |
jostle | The action of jostling. The jostle of shoppers. |
knock | The sound of knocking as on a door or in an engine or bearing. The casing is tough enough to withstand knocks. |
labour | A group of moles. A labour of moles toils with the Earth. |
motivation | A reason or reasons for acting or behaving in a particular way. We did not understand his motivation. |
nudge | A light touch or push. She appreciated the nudge to her memory. |
offensive | An organized and forceful campaign to achieve something, typically a political or social end. The need to launch an offensive against crime. |
onrush | An offensive against an enemy (using weapons. From the bow she stared at the mesmerising onrush of the sea where it split and foamed. |
onslaught | An offensive against an enemy (using weapons. A series of onslaughts on the citadel. |
pains | An effortful attempt to attain a goal. |
poke | Power or acceleration in a car. She gave the fire a poke. |
push button | An effort to advance. |
pushing | The act of applying force in order to move something away. The pushing is good exercise. |
raid | A sudden short attack. An early morning raid on a bank. |
ram | A battering ram. |
sally | A military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position. His sally at Descartes. |
shoulder | A person s shoulders regarded as bearing responsibility or hardship or providing strength. The shoulder of a pulley. |
shove | The act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something. He gave the door a shove. |
sortie | An operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation. This latest book is the author s first sortie into non fiction. |
striving | An effortful attempt to attain a goal. |
toiling | Productive work (especially physical work done for wages. |
verve | An energetic style. Kollo sings with supreme verve and flexibility. |
vigour | Forceful exertion. I was 79 but still full of vigour and vitality. |
vitality | (biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms. Changes that will give renewed vitality to our democracy. |
work | A place where work is done. The works of Schubert fill several feet of shelf space. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “push” as a verb can have the following definitions:
advertise | Make (a quality or fact) known. He advertised for dancers in the trade papers. |
advertize | Call attention to. |
agitate | Cause to be agitated excited or roused. Agitate the water to disperse the oil. |
apply oneself | Apply oneself to. |
bang the drum for | To produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound. |
be at pains | Have an existence, be extant. |
bear down on | Contain or hold; have within. |
bear on | Move while holding up or supporting. |
beat the drum for | Be a mystery or bewildering to. |
campaign | Go on a campaign go off to war. People who campaigned against child labour. |
crowd | Cause to herd drive or crowd together. The students crowded the auditorium. |
crusade | Exert oneself continuously vigorously or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person be an advocate for. He crusaded against gambling in the 1950s. |
deal in | Behave in a certain way towards others. |
depress | Cause to drop or sink. The rising inflation depressed the economy. |
do all one can | Carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions. |
do one's best | Carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions. |
do one's utmost | Proceed or get along. |
drive | Strike a ball from the tee typically with a driver. Sue drives an estate car. |
elbow | Push or strike someone with one s elbow. One player had elbowed another in the face. |
endeavour | Attempt by employing effort. He is endeavouring to help the Third World. |
exert oneself | Make a great effort at a mental or physical task. |
exert pressure on | Make a great effort at a mental or physical task. |
fight | Be engaged in a fight carry on a fight. The company intends to fight the decision. |
force | Make a way through or into by physical strength break open by force. She was forced into early retirement. |
force one's way | Cause to move by pulling. |
forward | Send (a letter or email) on to a further destination. The scientists are forwarding the development of biotechnology. |
full of oneself | Beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening. |
give it one's all | Allow to have or take. |
give one's all | Contribute to some cause. |
give or take | Transmit (knowledge or skills. |
give or take a few | Convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow. |
give publicity to | Give food to. |
give something one's all | Endure the loss of. |
go all out | Enter or assume a certain state or condition. |
hawk | Hunt with hawks. The tribes like to hawk in the desert. |
hold down | Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits. |
impel | Drive forward; propel. Vital energies impel him in unforeseen directions. |
jostle | Struggle or compete forcefully for. People jostled against us. |
labor | Strive and make an effort to reach a goal. |
labour | Of a woman in childbirth be in labour. They laboured from dawn to dusk. |
make every effort | Put in order or neaten. |
of the order of | Issue commands or orders for. |
offer for sale | Present as an act of worship. |
peddle | Promote (an idea or view) persistently or widely. He was arrested after trying to peddle guns. |
popularize | Cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use. Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books. |
press | Place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure. Their enemies pressed in on all sides. |
press down | Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for. |
promote | Of an additive act as a promoter of a catalyst. Some regulation is still required to promote competition. |
propel | Give an incentive for action. The boat is propelled by using a very long paddle. |
publicize | Make public. Judy had started to publicize books and celebrities. |
push down | Sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs. |
put on sale | Put into a certain place or abstract location. |
put oneself out | Cause (someone) to undergo something. |
put up for sale | Make an investment. |
retail | Sell on the retail market. The difficulties in retailing the new products. |
round about | Bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state. |
sell | Sell all of one s stock of something. The prime minister has come under fire for selling out to the United States. |
shoulder | Push someone or something out of one s way with one s shoulder. She shouldered him brusquely aside. |
shove | Make one’s way by pushing someone or something. Woolley shoved past him. |
something like | Feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard. |
squeeze | Squeeze someone tightly in your arms usually with fondness. Kate squeezed his hand affectionately. |
strive | Make great efforts to achieve or obtain something. Scholars must strive against bias. |
struggle | Engage in conflict. Many families on income support have to struggle to make ends meet. |
thrusting | Make a thrusting forward movement. |
trade in | Be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions. |
traffic in | Deal illegally. |
try hard | Test the limits of. |
tug | Tow a vessel with a tug. The horse finally tugged the cart out of the mud. |
vend | Sell or offer for sale from place to place. There was a man vending sticky cakes and ices. |
work | Exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity. With a dash of blusher here and there you can work miracles. |
actuate | Cause (a machine or device) to operate. The pendulum actuates an electrical switch. |
assault | Bombard with something undesirable or unpleasant. Thunder assaulted the ears. |
belabor | Beat soundly. Belabor the obvious. |
bustle | A rapid active commotion. All the noise and the traffic and the bustle. |
button | Fasten with buttons. They passed out campaign buttons for their candidate. |
drive | Hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver. My new truck drives well. |
elbow | Push or strike someone with one s elbow. A cross fitting with elbows and straight pipework. |
exert | Make a physical or mental effort. The moon exerts a force on the Earth. |
extrude | Shape (a material such as metal or plastic) by forcing it through a die. Extruded and die cast aluminium. |
hurl | Throw or impel (someone or something) with great force. Rioters hurled a brick through the windscreen. |
hurtle | Move or cause to move at high speed, typically in an uncontrolled manner. The trucks hurtled them through the grassland to the construction sites. |
hustle | A rapid active commotion. Linda hustled money from men she met. |
jostle | Struggle or compete forcefully for. The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train. |
lunge | An exercise or gymnastic movement resembling the lunge of a fencer. A crude lunge at United s goalscorer. |
mash | Crush or smash something to a pulp. A bucket of mash. |
mower | A person who cuts grass with a mower. Keep mower blades sharp to prevent damage to the grass. |
pang | A sudden sharp pain or painful emotion. Pangs of regret. |
poke | Poke or thrust abruptly. She gave the fire a poke. |
press | Manufacture something especially a record by moulding under pressure. He gave the button a press. |
propel | Drive or push something forwards. Fear propelled her out of her stillness. |
propulsion | The act of propelling. They dive and use their wings for propulsion under water. |
punch | Drive forcibly as if by a punch. He has the punch to knock out anyone in his division. |
pushing | The act of applying force in order to move something away. The pushing is good exercise. |
rush | Cause to move fast or to rush or race. To rush the bank and fire willy nilly could be disastrous for everyone. |
shove | Make one’s way by pushing someone or something. The people pushed and shoved to get in line. |
squash | Edible fruit of a squash plant eaten as a vegetable. She needled him with such venom that Seb was visibly squashed. |
squeeze | Squeeze tightly between the fingers. I squeezed myself into the corner. |
stab | A wound made by stabbing. She had a deep stab in the back. |
switch | Beat or flick with or as if with a switch. Switch to a different brand of beer. |
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