push

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of PUSH

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>

Synonyms drive, propel, shove, thrust

Related Words impel, move; bear (down), compress, depress, jam, pressure, squash, squeeze, weigh (upon); bulldoze, compel, force, lean (on or against), muscle, ram

to force one's way <we had to push our way through a crowd that was mostly headed in the opposite direction>

Synonyms bore, bull, bulldoze, crash, elbow, jam, jostle, muscle, push, shoulder, squeeze

Related Words ram, shove, thrust

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