| VERB | motion | thrust | push forcefully |
|---|---|---|---|
| motion | thrust, stuff, shove, squeeze | press or force | |
| motion | thrust, lunge, hurl, hurtle | make a thrusting forward movement | |
| communication | thrust, force | impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably | |
| contact | thrust, pierce | penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument | |
| stative | thrust | force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock | |
| stative | thrust, push up | push upward | |
| contact | thrust, throw | place or put with great energy | |
| NOUN | phenomenon | thrust, push | the force used in pushing |
| act | thrust, stab, knife thrust | a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument | |
| act | thrust, drive, driving force | the act of applying force to propel something | |
| communication | thrust | verbal criticism | |
| act | thrust, jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrusting | a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow) |
| Sounds | thrah'st | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abolitionist ... zoologist: 193 rhymes with ahst... | |
| Meaning | The force used in pushing. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the thrust of the jet engines" | |
| Synonym | push | |
| Broader | force | (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity |
| Spanish | empuje | |
| Catalan | empenta | |
| Verbs | thrust | press or force |
| thrust | push upward | |
| thrust | force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock | |
| Meaning | A strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | stab, knife thrust | |
| Narrower | lunge, straight thrust, passado | (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward |
| remise | (fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte) | |
| Broader | blow | A powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon |
| Spanish | cuchillada, cuchillazo, navajazo, puñalada, tajo | |
| Catalan | ganivetada, intent, punyalada | |
| Verbs | thrust | penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument |
| thrust | make a thrusting forward movement | |
| Meaning | The act of applying force to propel something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | drive, driving force | |
| Narrower | firewall | (colloquial) the application of maximum thrust |
| impulse, impulsion, impetus | The act of applying force suddenly | |
| Broader | propulsion, actuation | The act of propelling |
| Spanish | empuje, fuerza, impulso | |
| Catalan | impuls | |
| Verbs | thrust | make a thrusting forward movement |
| Meaning | verbal criticism. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians" | |
| Broader | criticism, unfavorable judgment | disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings |
| Spanish | invectiva | |
| Meaning | A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow). | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he made a thrusting motion with his fist" | |
| Synonyms | jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrusting | |
| Broader | gesture | motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling |
| Spanish | codazo, empuje, empujón, golpe, hurgonada | |
| Catalan | colzada, empenta | |
| Verbs | thrust | place or put with great energy |
| Meaning | Push forcefully. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "He thrust his chin forward" | |
| Narrower | boost | Push or shove upward, as if from below or behind |
| dig | Thrust down or into | |
| force, drive, ram | Force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically | |
| jab, prod, stab, poke, dig | poke or thrust abruptly | |
| punch | Drive forcibly as if by a punch | |
| ram, ram down, pound | strike / strike or drive against with a heavy impact | |
| shoulder | Push with the shoulders | |
| stab, jab | stab or pierce | |
| Broader | push, force | Move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner" |
| See also | thrust ahead | push one's way |
| Spanish | impeler, impulsar, lanzar, propulsar | |
| Catalan | envestir, impel·lir, propel·lir, propulsar | |
| Meaning | Press or force. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Model | They thrust the books into the box | |
| Example | "She thrust the letter into his hand" | |
| Synonyms | stuff, shove, squeeze | |
| Broader | push, force | Move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner" |
| Spanish | embutir, llenar, meter | |
| Catalan | embotir, emplenar, encabir, entaforar, farcir, ficar, omplir | |
| Nouns | thrust | the force used in pushing |
| Meaning | make a thrusting forward movement. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | lunge, hurl, hurtle | |
| Narrower | dart | Move with sudden speed |
| riposte | Make a return thrust | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | embestir, empujar, impeler, propulsar | |
| Catalan | empentar, empènyer, envestir, impel·lir, propel·lir, propulsar | |
| Nouns | thrust | the act of applying force to propel something |
| thrust | a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument | |
| thruster | one who intrudes or pushes himself forward | |
| thrusting | a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow) | |
| Meaning | impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something on somebody; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE; Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something | |
| Synonym | force | |
| Narrower | stick, sting | saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous |
| Broader | compel, oblige, obligate | Force somebody to do something |
| Spanish | forzar | |
| Catalan | forçar | |
| Meaning | penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | pierce | |
| Narrower | center punch | make a small hole in something as a guide for a drill |
| gore | wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument | |
| horn, tusk | stab or pierce with a horn or tusk | |
| lance | pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight | |
| peg | pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into | |
| stick | pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed | |
| stick | pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument | |
| transfix, impale, empale, spike | pierce with a sharp stake or point | |
| Broader | penetrate, perforate | Pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance |
| Spanish | clavar, hincar | |
| Catalan | clavar | |
| Nouns | thrust | a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument |
| Meaning | Force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Category | geology | A science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks / rocks |
| Similar to | thrust, push up | Push upward |
| Spanish | propulsar | |
| Nouns | thrust | the force used in pushing |
| Meaning | Push upward. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air" | |
| Synonym | push up | |
| Broader | stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project | Extend out or project in space |
| Similar to | thrust | Force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock |
| Spanish | empujar, impeler, propulsar | |
| Catalan | empentar, empènyer, envestir, impel·lir, propel·lir, propulsar | |
| Nouns | thrust | the force used in pushing |
| Meaning | place or put with great energy. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar" | |
| Synonym | throw | |
| Narrower | pop | put or thrust suddenly and forcefully |
| Broader | put, set, place, pose, position, lay | Put into a certain place or abstract location |
| Spanish | tirar | |
| Catalan | tirar | |
| Nouns | thrust | a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow) |
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