English Synonym Finder

thrusting

Definitions

The act of pushing something suddenly or violently in a specified direction.

Moving forward forcefully or aggressively.

The act of exerting a sudden, strong force or pressure.

Examples

The knight was thrusting his sword forward to defend against the incoming attack.

The engine is capable of thrusting the aircraft to supersonic speeds within seconds.

Synonyms

pushing shoving propelling driving poking lunging impelling

Antonyms

pulling drawing withdrawing retracting extracting tugging hauling