push
vb
1 depress, drive, poke, press, propel, ram, shove, thrust
2 elbow, jostle, make or force one's way, move, shoulder, shove, squeeze, thrust
3 egg on, encourage, expedite, hurry, impel, incite, persuade, press, prod, speed (up), spur, urge
4 advertise, boost, cry up, hype, make known, plug (informal) promote, propagandize, publicize, puff
5 browbeat, coerce, constrain, dragoon, encourage, exert influence on, influence, oblige
n
6 butt, jolt, nudge, poke, prod, shove, thrust
7 (informal) ambition, determination, drive, dynamism, energy, enterprise, get-up-and-go (informal) go (informal) gumption (informal) initiative, pep, vigour, vitality
8 (informal) advance, assault, attack, campaign, charge, effort, offensive, onset, thrust
9 the push (slang) discharge, dismissal, kiss-off (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.) marching orders (informal) one's books (informal) one's cards, the boot (slang) the (old) heave-ho (informal) the order of the boot (slang) the sack (informal)
Antonyms
, vb
1 drag, draw, haul, jerk, pull, tow, trail, tug, yank
3 deter, discourage, dissuade, put off
n
push off
beat it (slang) depart, get lost (informal) go away, hit the road (slang) hook it (slang) launch, leave, light out (informal) make oneself scarce (informal) make tracks, pack one's bags (informal) shove off (informal) slope off, take off (informal)