Synonyms for thrust
θrʌstthrust

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1. thrustnoun

   Synonyms:
   gist, point, break, focus, lift, grab, dart, push

2. thrustnoun

   To make advance with force.

   Pierre was a master swordsman, and could parry the thrusts of lesser men with barely a thought.

   Synonyms:
   point, rush, attack, charge, break, gist, lift, dart, push, grab, focus

3. thrustverb

   A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)

   The cutpurse tried to knock her satchel from her hands, but she avoided his thrust and yelled, Thief!

   Synonyms:
   dart, push, charge, force, compel, point, break, lift, focus, gist, grab

4. thrustnoun

   To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.

   He thrust his arm into the icy stream and grabbed a wriggling fish, astounding the observers.

   Synonyms:
   stab, reach, dart, point, gist, focus, push, grab, lift, break

5. thrustnoun

   The primary effort; the goal.

   Ostensibly, the class was about public health in general, but the main thrust was really sex education.

   Synonyms:
   focus, dart, lift, break, gist, grab, point, push

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1. thrust

   To drive is to move an object with some force or violence before or away from oneself; it is the direct reverse of draw, lead, etc. A man leads a horse by the halter, drives him with whip and rein. One may be driven to a thing or from it; hence, drive is a synonym equally for compel or for repel or repulse. Repulse is stronger and more conclusive than repel; one may be repelled by the very aspect of the person whose favor he seeks, but is not repulsed except by the direct refusal or ignoring of his suit. A certain conventional modern usage, especially in England, requires us to say that we drive in a carriage, ride upon a horse; tho in Scripture we read of riding in a chariot (2 Kings ix, 16; Jer. xvii, 25, etc.); good examples of the same usage may be found abundantly in the older English. The propriety of a person's saying that he is going to drive when he is simply to be conveyed in a carriage, where some one else, as the coachman, does all the driving, is exceedingly questionable. Many good authorities prefer to use ride in the older and broader sense as signifying to be supported and borne along by any means of conveyance. Compare BANISH; COMPEL; INFLUENCE.

   See synonyms for DRAW.

   Synonyms:
   compel, drive, impel, propel, push, repel, repulse, resist, ride, urge on

   Preposition:
   Drive to market; to despair; drive into exile; from one's presence; out of the city; drive by, with, or under the lash; drive by or past beautiful estates; along the beach; beside the river; through the park; across the field; around the square; to the door; into the barn; out of the sunshine.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. thrust

   Synonyms:
   push, drive, force, dress, shove, impel, urge

   Antonyms:
   draw, retract, snatch, extract

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1. push, thrustnoun

   the force used in pushing

   "the push of the water on the walls of the tank"; "the thrust of the jet engines"

   Synonyms:
   jabbing, pushing, button, push, stab, knife thrust, push button, drive, poking, driving force, poke, thrusting, energy, jab, get-up-and-go

2. stab, thrust, knife thrustnoun

   a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument

   "one strong stab to the heart killed him"

   Synonyms:
   jabbing, shot, push, stab, knife thrust, poking, drive, pang, driving force, poke, thrusting, twinge, jab

3. drive, thrust, driving forcenoun

   the act of applying force to propel something

   "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"

   Synonyms:
   stab, driveway, jab, crusade, drive, effort, knife thrust, driving, driving force, parkway, movement, jabbing, thrusting, campaign, ride, cause, private road, poke, push, poking

4. thrustnoun

   verbal criticism

   "he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians"

   Synonyms:
   poke, jabbing, push, stab, knife thrust, drive, poking, driving force, thrusting, jab

5. jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrust, thrustingverb

   a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)

   "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist"

   Synonyms:
   jabbing, punch, stab, dig, drive, clout, garget, sack, driving force, carrier bag, knife thrust, slug, dawdler, lick, poke, paper bag, lagger, biff, pigeon berry, thrusting, jab, drone, trailer, laggard, scoke, push, poking

6. thrustverb

   push forcefully

   "He thrust his chin forward"

   Synonyms:
   pierce, squeeze, hurl, lunge, throw, stuff, push up, shove, hurtle, force

7. thrust, stuff, shove, squeezeverb

   press or force

   "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"

   Synonyms:
   extort, pressure, crush, scarf out, lug, rack, twinge, constrict, overindulge, binge, stuff, gouge, tweet, embrace, gormandize, shove, gormandise, throw, glut, compress, engorge, gourmandize, pig out, ingurgitate, coerce, block, overeat, contract, hale, press, lunge, jostle, hurtle, squeeze, squash, twitch, bosom, pinch, wring, push up, mash, englut, wedge, hurl, hug, force, choke up, pierce, squelch, compact, farce, overgorge, satiate, gorge

8. lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrustverb

   make a thrusting forward movement

   Synonyms:
   cast, squeeze, hurl, lunge, throw, stuff, push up, pierce, shove, hurtle, force

9. force, thrustverb

   impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably

   "She forced her diet fads on him"

   Synonyms:
   stuff, throw, force, pressure, hale, drive, coerce, draw, push up, shove, storm, squeeze, pull, hurtle, wedge, ram, hurl, impel, lunge, pierce, push

10. pierce, thrustverb

    penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument

    Synonyms:
    squeeze, hurl, lunge, throw, stuff, push up, pierce, shove, hurtle, force

11. thrustverb

    force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock

    Synonyms:
    pierce, squeeze, hurl, lunge, throw, stuff, push up, shove, hurtle, force

12. thrust, push upverb

    push upward

    "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air"

    Synonyms:
    pierce, squeeze, hurl, lunge, throw, stuff, push up, shove, hurtle, force

13. throw, thrustverb

    place or put with great energy

    "She threw the blanket around the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar"

    Synonyms:
    fuddle, confound, fox, confuse, bedevil, cast off, stuff, have, push up, shove, make, switch, throw, cast, flip, give, bemuse, lunge, befuddle, hurtle, squeeze, shake off, throw off, throw away, contrive, drop, bewilder, hurl, discombobulate, force, pierce, project, hold, shed

Matched Categories

1. • Compel
   • Criticism
   • Force
   • Geology
   • Place
   • Push

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. thrustverb

   Synonyms:
   push, drive, impel, force, clap, poke, shove

2. thrustverb

   Synonyms:
   make a thrust

3. thrustnoun

   Synonyms:
   push, shove, pass, stab, allonge, lunge, tilt

4. thrustnoun

   Synonyms:
   assault, attack, charge

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. thrustnoun

   Synonyms:
   push, shove, allonge, stab, protrusion

2. thrustverb

   Synonyms:
   push, force, impel, shove, stab, pierce, protrude

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1. List of paraphrases for "thrust":

   push, overlap, momentum, impetus, orientation, direction, purport, guidance, axis, essence, -forward, idea, keynote

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How to use thrust in a sentence?

1. Sal Salasin:

   Some are born to greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them for blowing off the hands and feet of Nicaraguan coffee harvesters. The rest of us are forced to work. It’s amusing but nothing logical or scientific.

2. Dr. Urooj Umer:

   Stormy situations mask the radiance of events and mold a person's soul coherent to their thrust....

3. George Casey:

   The hardest thing for the military is to be thrust into a problem that can't be solved by military means, if we've learned anything since (the terror attacks of) Sept. 11 from the military side, it's that the challenges we face today don't necessarily lend themselves to pure military solutions.

4. Jeff Gordon:

   Jeff Gordon, married with two children, has thrust Jeff Gordon into charity work and said Jeff Gordon will remain committed to Jeff Gordon foundation.'' Outside the race car, my passion is pediatric cancer research, and my efforts will remain focused there when I'm no longer driving.

5. James Stowe:

   Why weren’t they the thrust of our efforts, the very core of what we wanted to do? Why didn’t it include this group from the very outset?